powder room

noun

1. a room containing a toilet and washing facilities for women; lavatory.
2. such a room provided for the use of female guests, as in a restaurant or nightclub.

powder room

noun

1. euphemistic.
   a lavatory for women in a restaurant, department store, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of powder room¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Think bigger, like the ceiling of an office or powder room, perhaps the inside of a coffered ceiling or a wall above a fireplace.

From Washington Blade

We asked several experts to share their favorite powder room paint colors.

From Washington Post

Small and self-contained, powder rooms are packed with potential.

From Washington Post

The most popular unit, priced at about $1,100 fully installed, is 7 feet high and about the size of a large powder room, or enough to hold a full-size mattress and everything else you can stuff inside.

From Washington Post

To reach the powder-room, which is always situated in the after-part of a vessel, was easy.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Sweatt and I spent the time making cartridges in the powder room in our stocking feet.

From Project Gutenberg

I have searched, as you call it—that is, I have crawled through the hold as far as the powder-room.

From Project Gutenberg

But mutiny in a Robespierre Convention, above all,—it is like fire seen sputtering in the ship's powder-room!

From Project Gutenberg

In Hanover, the powder room was in the steeple, while in Quincy the "powder-closite" was in the beams of the roof.

From Project Gutenberg