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

Now she was stepping around her chamber pot.

From Literature

We glanced past the trunk, around the flowered chamber pot beneath the bed.

From Literature

She remembered the chamber pot and lunged for it.

From Literature

“Camilla is using her chamber pot.”

From Literature