Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "utility room" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF UTILITY ROOM

utility room play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UTILITY ROOM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Utility room is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UTILITY ROOM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Utility room

A utility room is a room within a house where equipment not used in day-to-day activities is kept. Utility refers to an item which is designed for usefulness or practical use, so in turn most of the items kept in this room have functional attributes. A utility room is generally the area where laundry is done, and is the descendant of the scullery. Utility room is more commonly used in British English, while North American and Australian English generally refer to this room as a laundry room, with Utility room being more common in rooms that contain other devices such as a furnace or hot water tank.

Definition of utility room in the English dictionary

The definition of utility room in the dictionary is a room with equipment for domestic work like washing and ironing.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UTILITY ROOM

utiliser
utilitarian
utilitarianise
utilitarianism
utilitarianize
utilities
utility
utility company
utility function
utility man
utility player
utility program
utility software
utility truck
utility vehicle
utility wear
utilizable
utilization
utilize
utilizer

WORDS THAT END LIKE UTILITY ROOM

bathroom
breakfast room
chat room
control room
dining room
double room
dressing room
elephant in the room
emergency room
family room
guest room
hotel room
living room
locker room
powder room
press room
shower room
single room
sitting room
tea room
waiting room

Synonyms and antonyms of utility room in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «utility room» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF UTILITY ROOM

Find out the translation of utility room to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of utility room from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «utility room» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

杂物间
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lavadero
570 millions of speakers

English

utility room
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उपयोगिता कमरे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غُرْفَةُ خِدْمَات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подсобное помещение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lavanderia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইউটিলিটি রুম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

buanderie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

bilik utiliti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hauswirtschaftsraum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ユーティリティールーム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다용도실
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sarana kamar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phòng giặt là quần áo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பயன்பாட்டு அறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उपयुक्तता खोली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hizmet odası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ripostiglio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pomieszczenie gospodarcze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

комора
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cameră tehnică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δωμάτιο για είδη καθαρισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nut kamer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tvättrum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arbeidsrom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of utility room

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UTILITY ROOM»

The term «utility room» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.549 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
86
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «utility room» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of utility room
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «utility room».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UTILITY ROOM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «utility room» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «utility room» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about utility room

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UTILITY ROOM»

Discover the use of utility room in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to utility room and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Nursing Assisting: Essentials for Long Term Care
This room is used for storage and preparation of medications. The door is kept locked when not in use. • Clean utility room — This area is used only for storage of clean and sterile supplies. New personal care items, such as lotions, toothpaste ...
Barbara Acello, 2004
2
Architectural Drafting and Design
FIGURE 8.43 A small utility room near the kitchen can be used for additional kitchen storage as well as for washing, drying, and folding clothes. Courtesy Aaron Jefferis. the utility room near the kitchen, space can often be provided in the utility ...
Alan Jefferis, David A. Madsen, 2005
3
Facilities for Surgical Procedures
LABORATORY (OPTIONAL ACCOMMODATION) 4.160 The optional status laboratory mentioned in paragraph 4.140 may be located in the recovery unit. RECOVERY UNIT CLEAN UTILITY ROOM 4.161 The clean utility provides storage for ...
NHS Estates, 2004
4
Assessing CPM Scheduling Software for the Small to Mid-size ...
... Shower FireProt 590 Demo Utility Room Phase 2 Utility Room General 600 Form and Place Concrete Pads Phase 2 Utility Room Conc 610 Set Hot Water Heaters Phase 2 Utility Room Plumb 620 Install Flue and Vents Phase 2 Utility Room ...
Craig Vernon Hawkins, 2007
5
The Noise-vibration Problem-solution Workbook
(43) In a utility room next to a classroom a steam line developed a leak. The result was significant steam exhaust noise in this room for which the dimensions were approximately 4 by 4 by 4 meters. A standard door separated this room from the ...
Larry Herbert Royster, Julia Doswell Royster, 2002
6
Nurses' Work: The Sacred and the Profane
One day she cleaned the utility room; it was more of a disaster than usual. She found trash in back of the trash cans. The floor man from housekeeping could not have swept in days. He usually swept only around the table in the utility room.
Zane Robinson Wolf, 1988
7
Farmer's Almanac: A Work of Fiction
While the baby sleeps in the cabin, and while the family splashes on Bergamot Pond, Connie crouches in the suffocating utility room. The house back home doesn't have a utility room, but the cabin does. It's not much bigger than a closet, but ...
Chris Fink, 2013
8
Residential Design, Drafting, and Detailing
In a well-planned clothing center, a utility room provides a means for hanging wet clothing in addition to the standard clothes dryer. The room may also include a laundry sink and large amounts of space to supplement kitchen storage.
Alan Jefferis, 2013
9
Log Home Living
One person's definition of a utility room can be quite different from another's. To some, it's the area that houses the furnace and water heater. To others, it's all that and the laundry room combined. In many homes, the mudroom, laundry room ...
10
Bath and Utility Room Bump-out
Second, we wanted a lot more all-purpose storage space in the utility room. Along the way we also decided to improve our mechanical systems. The utility room held a Rube Goldberg maze of plumbing connections, an old inefficient furnace ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UTILITY ROOM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term utility room is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Utility room goes up in flames in Conisbrough
An outhouse used as a utility room went up in flames after a tumble drier caught fire. The blaze on Castle Hill, Conisbrough, broke out at 1.30pm yesterday. «Sheffield Telegraph, Aug 15»
2
Car crashes into LAX terminal utility room, girl in critical condition
LOS ANGELES >> A sports car crashed into a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport this afternoon, injuring a young pedestrian as well as the vehicle's ... «LA Daily News, May 15»
3
Utility room fire quickly doused
CHAMPAIGN — A working smoke detector alerted a west Champaign woman to a fire in her utility room Saturday afternoon. Champaign Fire Capt. Roger Cruse ... «Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette, Apr 15»
4
Fiery blast burns man checking for gas can leak while smoking
A utility room fire in a south Las Vegas home on Tuesday injured two people who had to be hospitalized, one with serious burns. At 5:04 p.m., the Las Vegas Fire ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Apr 15»
5
Utility-room fire damages Battle Ground house
Fire investigators determined that the flames were started by a surge protector or something that was plugged into it inside the home's utility room, Clark County ... «The Columbian, Mar 15»
6
Probe: Utility flame touched off N.J. gas blast
As utility workers tried to find the leak's source, the house exploded at 10:32 a.m. ... that the explosion originated in a northeast corner basement utility room at 59 ... «Philly.com, Feb 15»
7
Even modest utility rooms can scrub up into something chic
Even better, they make homes more marketable, says David Raja, of David Andrew Estate Agents in London: 'Everyone loves utility rooms. They certainly add ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
8
Fire at Heritage Village apartments in Lambertville contained to …
LAMBERTVILLE — Residents of the Heritage Village apartment complex have returned following a reported minor fire contained to the utility room, ... «NJ.com, Feb 15»
9
Utility room meth lab discovered in Leesburg
Lake County sheriff's deputies, looking for a burglary suspect, said they found four people crammed into a 300-square-foot utility room on Thursday that served ... «Daily Commercial, Nov 14»
10
Retired army nurse must pay two lots of council tax after officials …
The 56-year-old has only paid one bill to the council since she bought the house and its annex, which she uses as a utility room, 20 years ago. But now ... «Daily Mail, Jul 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Utility room [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/utility-room>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z