powder room

noun

1

: a restroom for women

2

: a lavatory in the main living area of a house

Examples of powder room in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The main level has a powder room, a dining space and a living room that features a floating fireplace and a bay window overlooking the landscaped courtyard. — Saleema Syed, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

The residence offers a total of nine bedrooms, 12 full bathrooms, and half a dozen powder rooms in roughly 18,000 square feet across a main home and a guesthouse. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2026

Three bedrooms each have their own bathroom, and there's a powder room for visitors. — New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026

Another sink in the same deep-green stone can be found in the powder room of a Milan pied-à-terre Giampiero Tagliaferri recently designed for a young art collector. — Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 26 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for powder room

• anteroom
• assume
• backroom
• ballroom
• barroom
• bathroom
• bedroom
• boardroom
• bridegroom
• classroom
• cloakroom
• consume