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/ˈkləʊkɹʊm/ · noun
A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club..
Although there was a cloakroom on the ground floor, the Old Rectory had only one bathroom, a defect which necessitated embarrassed, low-voiced enquiries before anyone upset their carefully worked-out rota by taking an unexpected bath.
Use cloak room when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cloak room means A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club..
Common synonyms include cloaks, coatroom, coat check, checkroom.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Although there was a cloakroom on the ground floor, the Old Rectory had only one bathroom, a defect which necessitated embarrassed, low-voiced enquiries before anyone upset their carefully worked-out rota by taking an unexpected bath.
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