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toilet bowl

American  

noun

  1. the ceramic bowl of a toilet.


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I’ve tested many gadgets over the years, but none quite like this: I let a camera look inside my toilet bowl to analyze my, er, daily offerings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Cleaning the toilet bowl was a sticking point, too.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2025

Excrement overflows from the toilet bowl on to the floor and fills the shower cubicle.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2024

Actors appear to hold Particle’s hand, and Particle even does battle with metaphorical demons, his projected body bounding across a room and swirling in and out of a toilet bowl.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2024

One prefers those that are interior to the toilet bowl, since they can be attacked by brush, which is a kind of action-at-a-distance weapon.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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