cloakrooms

noun

plural of cloakroom, British
as in bathrooms
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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  1. bathrooms
  2. restrooms
  3. toilets
Noun
  • Listed at just under $3 million, the home spans 7,575 square feet with four or five bedrooms, four full bathrooms and three half baths, plus five garage spaces on a little more than a half acre.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Lombardo shares that bathrooms quickly get cluttered because storage space is often limited.
    — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of bathrooms
Noun
  • Open the restrooms before the park becomes unusable due to the smell of public urination.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • On Friday, the department closed several restrooms after the rough ocean damaged the water line and meter serving them.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of restrooms
Noun
  • That applies to organisations such as cafes, leisure centres, gyms and hairdressers, as well as public toilets, local sports clubs with at least 25 members, hospital wards, domestic violence shelters and rape-crisis shelters.
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Bunks and bathrooms, each painted with different themes, have accessible toilets and showers.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of toilets
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