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toilet

American  
[toi-lit] / ˈtɔɪ lɪt /

noun

  1. 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.

  2. a lavatory.

  3. a bathroom.

  4. toilet bowl.

  5. a dressing room, especially one containing a bath.

  6. the act or process of dressing or grooming oneself, including bathing and arranging the hair.

    to make one's toilet; busy at her toilet.

  7. toilet set.

  8. the dress or costume of a person; any particular costume.

    toilet of white silk.

  9. Surgery. the cleansing of a part after childbirth or a wound after an operation.

  10. Archaic. dressing table.

idioms

  1. go down / in the toilet, to become worthless or profitless; be doomed.

    The team's entire season went down the toilet.
toilet British  
/ ˈtɔɪlɪt /

noun

  1. another word for lavatory

  2. old-fashioned the act of dressing and preparing oneself

    to make one's toilet

  3. old-fashioned a dressing table or the articles used when making one's toilet

  4. rare costume

  5. the cleansing of a wound, etc, after an operation or childbirth

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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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People have been urged not to use tap water for anything other than flushing toilets.

From BBC

She sometimes waits all day to use the toilet, nearly bursting by the time she gets home.

From Los Angeles Times

Bottled water is being delivered to residents in Killin for a second day and locals have been warned not to use tap water for anything other than flushing toilets.

From BBC

Prosser said his son had mentioned problems with the toilets on the ship, without going into detail.

From The Wall Street Journal

It said some 500 homes and businesses had been affected and water could only be used for flushing toilets - warning that boiling the contaminated water would not make it safe for other uses.

From BBC

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