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rest room

or rest·room

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noun

rooms or a room having a washbowl, toilet, and other facilities for use by employees, visitors, etc., as in a store, theater, or office.

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RELATED WORDS

toilet, latrine, outhouse, lavatory, urinal, head, privy, john, WC

Nearby words

  1. rest cure,
  2. rest energy,
  3. rest home,
  4. rest mass,
  5. rest on one's laurels,
  6. rest stop,
  7. rest-cure,
  8. rest-home,
  9. restage,
  10. restart

Origin of rest room

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
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Examples from the Web for rest room

  • We ladies—of course we were all farmers at first—we didn't expect any rest-room in those days.

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  • She relieved the attendant at the rest-room for an hour a day.

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  • Not till she inspected the rest-room did she again become a fanatic.

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  • She'll probably fix up the rest-room, and the rest-room is a fine thing, brings a lot of business to town.

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British Dictionary definitions for rest room

rest room

noun

a room in a public building having lavatories, washing facilities, and sometimes couches
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