chamber pot

American  

noun

1. a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.

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chamber pot British  

noun

1. a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms

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Etymology

Origin of chamber pot

First recorded in 1560–70

Example Sentences

And if you’re wondering whether money or brains has more power, there’s a scene in which Henrich uses a chamber pot and smugly orders Victor to “flush that for me.”

From Los Angeles Times

Unfolding into a discreet box with a red leather seat on top, it would have concealed a tin or ceramic chamber pot, no longer extant, for the Dauphin’s sons.

From New York Times

In 1988, another Sotheby’s auction in London presented a hodgepodge of artworks and oddities — including a Magritte painting of a blue fish wrapped in pearls, a chamber pot and a pair of Cartier silver baskets that John once used as soap dishes — fetching $8.2 million, or about $21 million in today’s dollars.

From New York Times

In “The Madness of King George,” there are several scenes where very learned doctors dedicate considerable time and effort to squinting at the contents of the king’s chamber pot.

From Washington Post

But the only noteworthy item they found was a chamber pot.

From Washington Post