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Commode

//kəˈməʊd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A low chest of drawers on short legs.
  2. 2
    a tall elegant chest of drawers wordnet
  3. 3
    A stand for a washbowl and jug.
  4. 4
    a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination wordnet
  5. 5
    A chair containing a chamber pot.

    "Changing bandages and emptying the commode doesn’t exactly create a sexy environment, but we never talk about doctors’ appointments or heart problems when we’re in our room – we preserve that little bit of space for ourselves."

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  1. 6
    A toilet. South-Asia, US, euphemistic
  2. 7
    A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height. historical

    "Then at the Play-Houſe ye ogle the Boxes, and dop and bovv to thoſe you do not knovv, as vvell as thoſe you do. […] You nuzzle your Noſes into their Hoods and Commodes, […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from French commode (literally “convenient”). Doublet of comodo.

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