A small room or entryway where footwear and outer clothes can be removed before entering a house.
shoes don't come into the house—they are removed and stashed away in the mudroom
Example sentencesExamples
Avid horseback riders and gardeners, the couple also needed a first-floor mudroom and bath where they could clean up after a day spent outdoors.
They stood in the aptly named mudroom just off of the great kitchen trying to remove the grime.
In the manner of the traditional farmhouse mudroom, these spaces provide a transitional zone for shedding contaminants that have attached to shoes and clothing.
Hang one or two racks in a mudroom or laundry room, and let shoes and garments drip-dry.
The old kitchen was transformed into a mudroom.
A mudroom, which features a playroom above, separates the family space from the garage.
More storage, often in the form of a back-door mudroom, is a must.
"The mudroom had only a couple of windows and was pretty dark," says Troi.
When pool season closes, bring the stool into the garage or mudroom.
It had its own private entrance from outside and was also separated from our main living area by a mudroom.
Definition of mudroom in US English:
mudroom
nounˈmədˌro͞om
North American
A small room or entryway where footwear and outerwear can be removed before entering a house.
a proper mudroom would be far more useful; somewhere to take off wet coats, to air clothes, for dogs to sleep in
Example sentencesExamples
"The mudroom had only a couple of windows and was pretty dark," says Troi.
Avid horseback riders and gardeners, the couple also needed a first-floor mudroom and bath where they could clean up after a day spent outdoors.
A mudroom, which features a playroom above, separates the family space from the garage.
They stood in the aptly named mudroom just off of the great kitchen trying to remove the grime.
It had its own private entrance from outside and was also separated from our main living area by a mudroom.
Hang one or two racks in a mudroom or laundry room, and let shoes and garments drip-dry.
More storage, often in the form of a back-door mudroom, is a must.
In the manner of the traditional farmhouse mudroom, these spaces provide a transitional zone for shedding contaminants that have attached to shoes and clothing.
When pool season closes, bring the stool into the garage or mudroom.