bathroom

[bath-room, -room, bahth-]

noun

1. a room equipped for taking a bath or shower.

2. toilet.

bathroom

/ ˈbɑːθˌruːm, -ˌrʊm /

noun

1. a room containing a bath or shower and usually a washbasin and lavatory

2. another name for lavatory

Word History and Origins

Origin of bathroom¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; bath ¹ + room

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. go to / use the bathroom, to use the toilet; urinate or defecate.

Example Sentences

It undertakes vital scientific research that is at risk of being defunded under an administration more devoted to bathroom renovations than functional progress.

Read more on Salon

Only one faucet worked in the bathroom, but it didn’t feel worth it to repair the rest.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

They bond, feeling mutually ill at ease in the bathroom at a school function while, coincidentally, wearing the same dress.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

There was no privacy in the cell, from other detainees or guards, she said, and some of the security cameras appeared to point toward the bathroom.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

He has a few moments that play so close to comedy — say, whining to be let into the bathroom — that you wish the movie would do more to encourage our pained, guttural laughs.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• lavatory 
• powder room 
• restroom 
• toilet 
• washroom 
• water closet