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FIT-ingr-oom/ˈfɪtɪŋ ruːm/

A fitting room (id: fitting-room) is a small room in a shop where you try on clothes. A changing room is for PE or swimming; a cloakroom is for coats. Uniform shop: the fitting room is not the PE changing room; phones stay in bags.

Meaning

A small room in a shop where you try on clothes.

Examples

• “The fitting room in the uniform shop is not the PE changing room; phones stay in bags.”
• “A fitting-room limit of two garments still applies; leaving tags on is not a theft-prevention fail if you follow the shop rule.”

Good to know

a fitting room. Contrast: a changing room / a cloakroom. Uniform shops. Countable rooms. Mix-up: to fit can mean the right size; the room is where you try clothes on.

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