mudroom
3
3.5
- noun
- /ˈmʌdˌrum/
- US
:
cuarto de barro
- In the back of the kitchen is a big mudroom with steps leading down into the basement.
- mudroom door
- mudroom bench
- coat hooks in the mudroom
Examples
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The old man motioned him in, and Emile strode into the mudroom just off the kitchen.
Fiction book (1991) -
Our mudroom is not used as a mudroom at all, ever.
Blog text (25) -
The refrigerator is in the mudroom, empty and well scrubbed, the door propped open like a hungry mouth.
Fiction book (2000) -
In the corner of the mudroom by the window was a big sink where Grandpa washed his face, hands, neck, and ears, and Grandma washed her vegetables.
Fiction book (1991) -
The mudroom contained snowshoes and cross-country skis, but not enough pairs of either to go around.
Fiction book (1999) -
Back at the house, Aunt Bess made hot chocolate and George dragged heavy wool horse blankets out of an oak chest in the mudroom.
Fiction book (1999) -
The cap she'd tossed aside in the mudroom hadn't prevented her hair from becoming hopelessly tangled.
Fiction book (1995) -
When he reached the house, he went inside the mudroom and removed his coat and wet boots.
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Someone had overturned the recycling bin in the mudroom, and she almost slipped on a stray aluminum can.
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In the back of the kitchen is a big mudroom where we store wet shoes and jackets before entering the house.
Synonyms
4
2.1
A room in a public place where people leave coats and bags
3
2.8
A room where people leave coats and bags temporarily
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Morphology
Etymology
The word mudroom joins mud ('wet dirt') and room ('space in a house'), so it literally means a room for muddy things. That's why a mudroom is the small entry where people take off and store wet or dirty shoes and coats before they go into the house.