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- (mudroom): Originally, a foyer for storing boots, between the interior and the outdoors.
boot room (plural boot rooms)
- (UK, architecture) British standard form of mudroom
- Coordinate terms: vestibule, foyer, airlock, mudroom, closet, alcove, half bath
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see boot, room. (a room for boots, footwear)
- Coordinate terms: closet, cloakroom