as in bathroom
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
the lady discreetly whispered that she would be ready after a moment in the cloakroom
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Recent Examples of cloakroom
The theater’s predominantly female actors and staff — including cloakroom attendants, cashiers, cleaners and cafeteria workers — spend much of their time supporting Ukrainian soldiers, weaving camouflage nets in the theater before opening the doors to audiences at night.
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Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
The theater’s predominantly female actors and staff — including cloakroom attendants, cashiers, cleaners, and cafeteria workers — spend much of their time supporting Ukrainian soldiers, weaving camouflage nets in the theater before opening the doors to audiences at night.
—Illia Novikov, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
But after about 45 minutes of talks on the floor and in the GOP cloakroom, Norman and Self appeared before the rostrum and, standing by Johnson, changed their votes.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
In September 2021, the House Committee on Ethics fined Crenshaw $5,000 for bypassing the Capitol metal detectors before entering the chamber's Republican cloakroom.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
The theater’s predominantly female actors and staff — including cloakroom attendants, cashiers, cleaners, and cafeteria workers — spend much of their time supporting Ukrainian soldiers, weaving camouflage nets in the theater before opening the doors to audiences at night.
—Illia Novikov, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
But after about 45 minutes of talks on the floor and in the GOP cloakroom, Norman and Self appeared before the rostrum and, standing by Johnson, changed their votes.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
In September 2021, the House Committee on Ethics fined Crenshaw $5,000 for bypassing the Capitol metal detectors before entering the chamber's Republican cloakroom.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloakroom
Noun
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Maintenance workers broke into the bathroom wall but never fixed the wall, leaving a hole, McDonald said.—
PJ Green
August 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 Aug. 2025
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The house features three bedrooms and one bathrooms. 7.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Camping fees include WiFi, showers, restrooms, a laundry room and admission to Bedrock City and raptor flight shows.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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During the trip, my driver stopped at a gas station to use the restroom, but it was locked.—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
24 July 2025
Noun
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The two Lodge Balcony Suite King Accessible rooms also include toilet grab bars and a visual fire alarm.—
Kinsey Giddick,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Aug. 2025
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Since 2018, VisitScotland has distributed £20 million, or about $27 million, through a Scottish government fund to develop rural tourism infrastructure, including many projects around the NC500, like parking, public toilets and motorhome facilities, the spokesman said.—
Angus MacKinnon,
CNN Money,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Cloakroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloakroom. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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