Rooms

A cloakroom, known as a coatroom and checkroom in North America, is a room for people to hang their coats, cloaks, canes, umbrellas, hats, or other outerwear when they enter a building. Cloakrooms are typically found inside large buildings, such as gymnasiums, schools, churches or meeting halls. In private homes, hatstands fulfill a similar function. In the UK, a cloakroom may also refer to a lavatory.

are traditional Japanese entryway areas for a house, apartment, or building, a combination of a porch and a doormat. It is usually located inside the building directly in front of the door. The primary function of is for the removal of shoes before entering the main part of the house or building.

thumb|upright|Skyways in the Peachtree Center district of [[Atlanta]] thumb|A Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) Chinese miniature model of two residential towers joined by a skyway

thumb|right|240px|This washitsu has tatami flooring and shoji (doors). thumb|right|240px|A traditional washitsu

building specially designed for indoor horse riding

thumb|upright=1.4|Architectural details of a with the marked number 5 In Roman architecture, a '''' (or , from , board, picture) was a room in a domus'' (house) generally situated on one side of the atrium and opposite to the entrance; it opened in the rear onto the peristyle, with either a large window or only an anteroom or curtain. The walls may be richly decorated with fresco pictures, and often busts of the family were arranged on pedestals on the two sides of the room.

darkened room where sexual activity can take place

secure room within a bank where money, valuables, records, and documents are stored

room where a large or physically dispersed facility or service can be monitored and controlled

room provided for singular events such as business conferences and meetings

hidden routes used for stealthy travel, escape, or movement of people and goods

private room in the houses and palaces of early modern Europe serving as a study or retreat

conference space, mainly in schools and universities

right|thumb|An opulent ballroom at the Catherine Palace near [[St. Petersburg, Russia ]] thumb|The Oranjezaal in palace [[Huis ten Bosch in The Hague, The Netherlands ]]

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largest room in a medieval manor

room for infants or small children

room which is specifically provided and furnished for smoking

structure, usually underground or partially underground, used for storage of vegetables, fruits, nuts, or other foods

In architecture, a sudatorium is a vaulted sweating-room (sudor, "sweat") or steam bath (Latin: sudationes, steam) of the Roman baths or thermae. The Roman architectural writer Vitruvius (v. 2) refers to it as concamerata sudatio. It is similar to a laconicum, or dry heat bath, with the addition of water to produce steam.

thumb|Historic courtroom still in use in Brockville, Canada

room dedicated to the operation of computer servers

category of business or cottage industry that involves from 1 to 10 workers

section of an aircraft in which passengers travel

thumb|A plumbing fixture showroom, Canada, 1921 A showroom is a large space used to display products or show entertainment.

thumb|upright=1.2|Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, buried in the [[eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, with reconstructed furniture, and an Egyptian style mosaic]] thumb|upright=1.2|The bedroom without furniture, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art A cubiculum (: cubicula) was a private room in a domus, an ancient Roman house occupied by a high-status family. It usually led directly from the atrium, but in later periods it was sometimes adjacent to the peristyle. It was used for the functions of a modern bedroom, sleep and sex, as well as for business mee

space in a theatre or similar venue that functions as a waiting room and lounge for performers

thumb|right|Laconicum at Chedworth Roman Villa, England The laconicum (i.e. Spartan, sc. balneum, "bath") was the dry sweating room of the Roman thermae, sometimes contiguous to the caldarium or hot room. The name was given to it (Laconia: Sparta) since it was the only form of warm bath that the Spartans admitted. The laconicum was usually a circular room with niches in the axes of the diagonals and was covered by a conical roof with a circular opening at the top, according to Vitruvius (v. 10), from which a brazen shield is suspended by chains, capable of being so lowered and raised as to reg

room for storing objects

clothing shop interiors

thumb|right|250px| Belton House. Externally the windows of the [[servant's semi-basement are visible at ground level. Internally they are too close to the ceiling to have a view.]]

hiding place for priests

thumb|right|260px|The Parlor of the Nuns at San Zaccaria, by [[Francesco Guardi, 1745-50]] A parlour (or parlor) is a reception room or public space. In medieval Christian Europe, the "outer parlour" was the room where the monks or nuns conducted business with those outside the monastery and the "inner parlour" was used for necessary conversation between resident members. In the English-speaking world of the 18th and 19th century, having a parlour room was evidence of social status.

computer networking

thumb|right|The garderobe at Peveril Castle, [[Derbyshire, England]] Garderobe is a historic term for a room in a medieval castle. The Oxford English Dictionary gives as its first meaning a store-room for valuables, but also acknowledges "by extension, a private room, a bed-chamber; also a privy".

room in which echoes and magnifies sound in an unusual way

facility for public access to general-purpose arithmetic or logic machines

special room for medical examinations and treatments

secured room which provides shelter from threats

archaeological site in Rome, Italy

special room in a psychiatric hospital

thumb|500px|Plan of Grey Abbey, Down|Grey Abbey in [[County Down, Northern Ireland. Note the calefactory in the southeast corner (upper right on the map).]] The calefactory (, also warming house) was an important room or building in a medieval monastery in Western Europe. In the present day it is a communal place of recreation and fellowship in religious houses such as monasteries, priories, and convents.

thumb|A pastry larder at The Regency Town House in Hove. A marble-topped table and deep drawers which would have contained flour and sugar allowed pastry to be made away from the heat of the kitchen. A larder is a cool area for storing food prior to use. Originally, it was where raw meat was larded—covered in pig fat—to be preserved. This method slowed spoilage by sealing out air, bacteria, and moisture. In colder larders (4 °C/40 °F or lower), larded meat could last for months, while in warmer conditions, the fat turned rancid within weeks. By the 18th century, the term had expanded

hub of a television broadcast operation

technical room or space in a building dedicated to the mechanical equipment and its associated electrical equipment

room in the official residence of the crown

In the architecture of a ship, a companion or companionway is a raised and windowed hatchway in the ship's deck, with a ladder leading below and the hooded entrance-hatch to the main cabins. A companionway may be secured by doors or, commonly in sailboats, hatch boards which fit in grooves in the companionway frame. This allows the lowest board to be left in place during inclement weather to minimize water infiltration. The term may be more broadly used to describe any ladder between decks. File:Hatchboards.JPG|Set of hatch boards in companionway hatch. File:Hatchboards2.JPG|Set of hatch boa

male-controlled space in a home

thumb|250 px|The Shiro-shoin at Hongan-ji

thumb|An aisle of Bristol Cathedral, [[Bristol, England.]]

room providing privacy for breastfeeding or pumping milk

intermediate interchange floor where people can change from an express elevator to a local elevator

thumb|Multi-level ghorfas, as seen at Ksar Ouled Soltane in southern Tunisia A ghorfa () is a type of communal granary found mainly in southern Tunisia. Similar structures are also found in northeastern Libya. They are associated in particular with Berber settlements in these regions. They consist of a collection of vaulted rooms built in rows and stacked in multiple stories organized around an internal courtyard.

room where torture is inflicted

Type of building wing

establishment where patrons share hookah / shisha

greenhouse for the public display of plants

enclosed area within a building that is used to process Sensitive Compartmented Information

room used for a variety of purposes, such as parties, games and other everyday or casual use

thumb|Preparing the washing area in a tea ceremony room, woodblock by Toshikata Mizuno, 1896 is the term for the preparation area in a Japanese tea house (') or attached to any venue used for the Japanese tea ceremony. For instance, the area used for preparation during outdoor tea ceremonies is also called the . The term can also refer to purificatory fonts at shrines and temples, as well as to storage cupboards for use in kitchens. This article, however, focuses on the tea ceremony '.