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Toilet
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- 1 A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet. Australia, Hong-Kong, UK
"Sorry, I was in the toilet."
- 2 the act of dressing and preparing yourself wordnet
- 3 A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.; A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation and sink but no bathtub or shower. Australia, Hong-Kong, New-Zealand, UK
- 4 a room or building equipped with one or more toilets wordnet
- 5 A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly one with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which uses water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system.
"My toilet got clogged. Now the bathroom's flooded."
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- 6 a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination wordnet
- 7 A very shabby or dirty place. figuratively
"Look around you. It's a toilet."
- 8 misfortune resulting in lost effort or money wordnet
- 9 A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. obsolete
- 10 The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table. obsolete
"And now, unveil’d, the toilet stands display’d, / Each silver vase in mystic order laid."
- 11 Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair. archaic, historical
"Against that short evening her toilet was consulted the whole day […]."
- 12 One's style of dressing: dress, outfit. archaic
"It is so painful in you, Celia, that you will look at human beings as if they were merely animals with a toilette, and never see the great soul in a man's face."
- 13 A dressing room. archaic
- 14 A chamber pot. obsolete
- 15 A woman. derogatory
"I’m not interested in toilets and I don’t think a gf [Girlfriend] is needed to live a fulfilling life."
- 1 To dress and groom oneself. dated
- 2 To use (urinate or defecate in) a toilet.
"We use imitation. We take a doll, a doll that can wet, and make sure it has pants on it. We use the principle that a very effective way of learning is by teaching. Se we have him teach the doll how to toilet properly."
- 3 To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.
Etymology
From Middle French toilette, diminutive of toile (“cloth”), from their use to protect clothing while shaving or arranging hair. From its use as a private room, toilet came to refer euphemistically to lavatories and then to its fixtures, beginning in the United States in the late 19th century.
From Middle French toilette, diminutive of toile (“cloth”), from their use to protect clothing while shaving or arranging hair. From its use as a private room, toilet came to refer euphemistically to lavatories and then to its fixtures, beginning in the United States in the late 19th century.
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