toilet
Americannoun
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a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination.
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a lavatory.
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a bathroom.
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a dressing room, especially one containing a bath.
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the act or process of dressing or grooming oneself, including bathing and arranging the hair.
to make one's toilet; busy at her toilet.
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the dress or costume of a person; any particular costume.
toilet of white silk.
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Surgery. the cleansing of a part after childbirth or a wound after an operation.
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Archaic. dressing table.
idioms
noun
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another word for lavatory
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old-fashioned the act of dressing and preparing oneself
to make one's toilet
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old-fashioned a dressing table or the articles used when making one's toilet
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rare costume
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the cleansing of a wound, etc, after an operation or childbirth
Etymology
Origin of toilet
1530–40; < French toilette small cloth, doily, dressing table, equivalent to toile toil 2 + -ette -et
Example Sentences
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Stroud Brewery is organic, so it does not use pesticides or herbicides, and uses harvested rainwater to flush its toilets.
From BBC
That suit is now being heard in court, where a lawyer for Saxon aired a very bizarre allegation about West’s unusual demands for the property — namely, that all of its toilets be ripped out.
From MarketWatch
Food and water soon became scarce, thirst and hunger a commonplace, with nauseating odors emanating from the toilets.
A second lift will be installed in the main foyer to improve access to the concert hall theatre, and there will be a new multi-faith room and extra toilets.
From BBC
Several families with recent experience of A&E waits told us they had seen patients in discomfort because there was no one to help them go to the toilet.
From BBC
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