noun
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a room containing a bath or shower and usually a washbasin and lavatory
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another name for lavatory
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Bathroom doors that aren’t translucent so the person in there doesn’t wake up the other person sleeping in the room.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Other rooms downstairs include the B-Movie Bathroom, ’Naynay’s Kitchen of Progress and the ’80s & ’90s Food Culture Hall of Fame dining room, which is illuminated by a Pizza Hut pendant.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Read if you like: “Clean and Decent: The Fascinating History of the Bathroom and the Water-Closet,” by Lawrence Wright; any of the vintage tub accounts of Instagram; Victoria Magazine.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2024
Bathroom issues can likewise keep a person of any gender up and down all night long.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2023
“Your room’s in the back. Bathroom across the hall. The daybed rolls out. That should be enough for all y’all.”
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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