coat check

noun

A service provided at certain businesses which allows one to check one's coat for safekeeping while inside.

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Meanings

nouncoat check (plural coat checks)

plural coat checks

  1. USA service provided at certain businesses which allows one to check one's coat for safekeeping while inside.

    There was no coat check / So we wore our dreams out on the dance floor

    2025, “Farmers Market”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), More, performed by Pulp

    Synonyms: cloakroom, checkroom, coatroom

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA service provided at certain businesses which allows one to check one's coat for safekeeping while inside.

Similar
cloakroomcheckroomcoatroom
Also see
checkroomcloakroomcoatroom
Cite this entry
APA

coat check. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coat%20check

MLA

“coat check.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coat%20check. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coat check,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coat%20check.

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