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 • Oct. 16, 2025

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

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2022

A luxury padded chair bedecked in pewter and sheepskin was located above his chamber pot and a "Groom of the Stool" relocated his evacuations.

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2022

They’d play a game there: setting a chamber pot treacherously between their beds, pretending it was the Atlantic Ocean, and jumping from bed to bed as if escaping from Spain to America.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2022

His bedchamber was a small cell off the queen’s apartments, originally slave quarters; his furnishings consisted of a bed, a chamber pot, a wardrobe for his clothing, even a chair should he want to sit.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin