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latrine

[ luh-treen ]

noun

  1. a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.


latrine

/ ləˈtriːn /

noun

  1. a lavatory, as in a barracks, camp, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of latrine1

1635–45; < French < Latin lātrīna, short for lavātrīna place for washing, derivative of lavāre to wash
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Word History and Origins

Origin of latrine1

C17: from French, from Latin lātrīna, shortened form of lavātrīna bath, from lavāre to wash
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Example Sentences

If 80 percent of cow urine went into latrines, they estimated, ammonia emissions from cow pee would drop by half.

If 80 percent of cow pee were collected in latrines, for instance, that could cut associated ammonia emissions in half, previous research suggests.

Residents there traditionally have relied on pit latrines, which can poison well water.

In Naivasha, a company known as Sanivation works with groups that empty those latrines.

Today, most Kenyans rely on latrines — just holes in the ground, usually under a small building.

Two days later, when authorities did, they found eight bodies in the latrine system of the local school.

When I wasn't batting or playing third, I sat in the latrine and came out only when they needed me.

He also helped us ditch all about the tent so the rain-water would drain away, and he constructed a latrine for camp.

This latrine is for summer usenot for a week-end camp, you know.

It is wonderful what a wholesome effect on a lazy man has the imposition of three days latrine duty!

There was a latrine pit and an open stone hearth and a naked brown man with wild hair and a beard.

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