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CHAYNJ-ingr-oom/ˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ ruːm/

A changing room (id: changing-room) is a room where you change clothes for sport or shopping (UK). A locker room is more US or gym-speak; a fitting room is for trying clothes in a shop. Safeguarding: phones are banned in the changing room.

Meaning

A room where you change clothes for sport or shopping (UK).

Examples

• “Phones are banned in the changing room; that is a safeguarding rule, not a preference.”
• “A shop changing room is a fitting room sense, not PE.”

Good to know

a changing room (UK). Shop twin: a fitting room. US gym: a locker room. PE / safeguarding. Countable rooms.

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