US also checkroom [noun] [C] - a room in a public building where coats, bags, etc. can be left while their owners are in the buildingWe left our things in the cloakroom while we looked round the gallery.(UK) Cloakroom is sometimes used to avoid saying toilet, esp when referring to one in a public building.We all went to the cloakroom during the first interval of the play.
CLOAKROOM
Meaning of CLOAKROOM in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012