box rooms

Small spare rooms

A box room is a small room in a house, typically just large enough to store boxes or other belongings.

The term is chiefly British and often describes the smallest bedroom in a home—one that might serve as a child's room, guest room, or home office despite its cramped dimensions.

The estate agent optimistically called it a fourth bedroom, but it was really just a box room.

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