washroom
Americannoun
noun
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a room, esp in a factory or office block, in which lavatories, washbasins, etc, are situated
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a euphemism for lavatory
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Origin of washroom
Example Sentences
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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
"It is a small room which has got an open washroom where he said there were flies in the daytime and insects in the night."
From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2023
He came out of the washroom and shut the door carefully and walked into the darkness and at last stood again on the edge of the empty boulevard.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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