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
As members considered an earlier resolution to honor Chisholm before her death, Lee called her mentor from the House cloakroom and urged her to watch the proceedings on C-Span.
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Donna M. Owens, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024
And who better represents the lefty-loosey dogma than Colombian President Gustavo Petro — the former leftist guerrilla who always checks his spine at the cloakroom when dealing with his ideological hermano next door.
—Tim Padgett, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2024
In the back, one of the founders was giving the lo-down on his project to a cloakroom attendant, who returned a polite smile.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 3 July 2024
The teen, Islam Khalilov, works as a cloakroom attendant at the Crocus City Hall, where the shooting took place.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2024
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Donna M. Owens, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024
And who better represents the lefty-loosey dogma than Colombian President Gustavo Petro — the former leftist guerrilla who always checks his spine at the cloakroom when dealing with his ideological hermano next door.
—Tim Padgett, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2024
In the back, one of the founders was giving the lo-down on his project to a cloakroom attendant, who returned a polite smile.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 3 July 2024
The teen, Islam Khalilov, works as a cloakroom attendant at the Crocus City Hall, where the shooting took place.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloakroom
Noun
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Bidets have an additional benefit in helping someone who has mobility or balance issues handle their own hygiene needs without a caregiver helping them into a bath or shower each trip to the bathroom.—
Jamie Gold,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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That’s the experience in this bathroom by Houston designer Avery Cox, which gets a dose of pep from the bathroom floor tile. 45.—
Kathryn O'Shea-Evans,
Architectural Digest,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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President Donald Trump and his allies have taken aim at transgender rights in particular by seeking to ban transgender women from participating in women's sports or using women's restrooms and by barring transgender people from serving in the U.S. military.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Instead, when a seat mate gets up, use that as an opportunity to use the restroom and stretch your legs.—
Rebecca Deurlein,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Households that had or purchased bidet toilets or bidet seats during those difficult days were sitting pretty.—
Jamie Gold,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Models for the Italian label Valentino waited in mock toilet stalls before showing their clothes.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Cloakroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloakroom. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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