mudroom

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noun

A room used as a barrier between indoors and outdoors.

“We made sure to hang our wet clothes on the hook in the mudroom when we came in from the snow.”

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Meanings

nounmudroom (plural mudrooms)

plural mudrooms · alternative mud room

  1. CanadaUSA room used as a barrier between indoors and outdoors.

    We made sure to hang our wet clothes on the hook in the mudroom when we came in from the snow.

    1 more example

    In the mud room, I grabbed my wool-lined jacket and headed back out.

    2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.2, at p.28

Origin

From mud + room.

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Translations

Bulgarian пруст, антре
  • пруст (prust)room between outdoors and indoors
  • антре (antre)room between outdoors and indoors
Dutch bijkeuken
  • bijkeukenroom between outdoors and indoors
Finnish kuraeteinen
  • kuraeteinenroom between outdoors and indoors
German Windfang, Vorraum
  • Windfangroom between outdoors and indoors
  • Vorraumroom between outdoors and indoors
Polish wiatrołap
  • wiatrołaproom between outdoors and indoors
Russian прихо́жая, се́ни
  • прихо́жая (prixóžaja)room between outdoors and indoors
  • се́ни (séni)room between outdoors and indoors
Cite this entry
APA

mudroom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudroom

MLA

“mudroom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudroom. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mudroom,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudroom.

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