cloakroom vs den

cloakroom

noun
  • A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club. 

  • A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport. 

  • A private lounge next to a legislative chamber. 

  • A lavatory, now particularly a small secondary lavatory or a men's room. 

den

noun
  • A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining. 

  • Synonym of fort (“structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.”) 

  • A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together. 

  • A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment. 

  • A squalid or wretched place; a haunt. 

verb
  • To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den. 

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