restroom

or rest room

[ rest- room, room ]

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noun

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

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Origin of restroom

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

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How to use restroom in a sentence

Schlafly urged her readers to oppose the ERA because it allegedly threatened women’s “special privileges,” such as exemption from military duty, separate-sex restrooms and preference in custody disputes.
Newsletters may threaten the mainstream media, but they also build communities | Sarah Ovink | July 8, 2021 | Washington Post
Colleagues told the Times he would sometimes excuse himself to the restroom, where he would splash cold water on himself for a jump-start.
James Kallstrom, FBI agent who led investigation of TWA Flight 800, dies at 78 | Emily Langer | July 8, 2021 | Washington Post
She said her group is pushing the Council now to provide “minimum-line” resources like public restrooms for the homeless community in Escondido.
North County Report: Escondido’s Police Budget Is Going Up | Kayla Jimenez | June 23, 2021 | Voice of San Diego
If there isn’t, he asks family members to check to see if the restrooms are single-stall, and if they aren’t he will “flip a coin” and choose whichever bathroom he wants to use.
These Trans Kids Are Trying to Survive Tennessee’s ‘Slate of Hate’ | Tim Teeman | May 21, 2021 | The Daily Beast
Other cities—including Paris and San Francisco—operate public restrooms too, but Portland and Montreal stand out for their unique approaches to treating bathrooms as essential infrastructure.
How to build freestanding public restrooms that are clean and safe | Andrew Giambrone | April 28, 2021 | MIT Technology Review

She laughs as she recalls using the restroom in the Seoul airport.
How ‘Titanic ’Helped This Brave Young Woman Escape North Korea’s Totalitarian State | Lizzie Crocker | October 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Women, young ladies and little girls deserve to use the restroom or any other facility in peace and safety.
Michelle Duggar Is Making Transphobic Robocalls | Lizzie Crocker | August 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Then, she puts her hand down his pants and whispers, “Meet me in the restroom in sixty seconds.”
Mad Men’s ‘The Strategy,’ With Peggy and Don’s Late-Night Powwow, is S7’s Best Episode (So Far) | Marlow Stern | May 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
I went to the restroom, and when I came back, she had his cellphone and was standing up at the table.
Bill Hader Is Sad to Leave ‘Saturday Night Live’ (and Stefon) Behind | Kevin Fallon | September 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
What if going to a public restroom meant sideways glances, threats, or even violence?
TranSquat App Helps Transgender Community Find Safe Restrooms | Eliza Shapiro | October 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Mrs. Kennedy had at that point gone into the restroom adjacent to the bedroom in the compartment.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The appearance and atmosphere of the restroom should banish the dull sense of drudgery and evoke the gentler side of life.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912 | Various
The attendant was standing at the counter when Nick came out of the restroom.
The Sex Life of the Gods | Michael Knerr
Well, she went either to the restroom or into the filling station.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
And I don't know whether she had got out to go into the restroom or what, but that's where she seen me instead of in Richardson.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

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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