mud room

American  

Or mudroom

noun

1. a vestibule or other area in a house, in which wet and muddy clothes or footwear are removed.

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Etymology

Origin of mud room

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

I only have to glance at them now to remember all the times I’d make an entrance through the mud room, head straight to the coffee pot and pour some into one of those mugs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025

The next tip is to consider using an end cabinet in a kitchen, mud room or laundry room as a pet bed.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2024

The bumped-out great room has been transformed into a combination mud room, kitchen and dining room.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021

True, I have a second broom resting by the front door and another tucked away in the mud room.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2014

Tête Rouge’s sick chamber was a little mud room, where he and a companion attacked by the same disease were laid together, with nothing but a buffalo robe between them and the ground.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert