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washroom

American  
[wosh-room, -room, wawsh-] / ˈwɒʃˌrum, -ˌrʊm, ˈwɔʃ- /

noun

  1. a room having washbowls and other toilet facilities.

washroom British  
/ -ˌrʊm, ˈwɒʃˌruːm /

noun

  1. a room, esp in a factory or office block, in which lavatories, washbasins, etc, are situated

  2. a euphemism for lavatory

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of washroom

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10; wash + room

Example Sentences

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"I think often people go: 'I don't have influence to create jobs for homeless and disabled people'. I promise you do. I promise you do, through the change of something like soap in a washroom."

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Though maybe not: Many of those girls smoked in the washroom and had very thin plucked eyebrows and Fire and Ice lipstick, and I found them scary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

Don’t waste the chance to adorn your washroom.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2025

She remembers going with her mother to the washroom to scrub the family’s clothes.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

In the washroom the two of them sit side by side in separate cubicles, talking over the noise of gushing pee, while I stand in front of the mirror, listening in.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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