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Urinal

//jʊəˈraɪnəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of urinary. not-comparable

    "If on the other hand it is to be used by a congregation, which as a rule, only occupy their church once, twice or three times a week, then I would suggest where it can be obtained that an improved “water closet” be used, and by this I mean a urinal and fecal basin, which can be kept clean by liberal flushing with water after each time it is used, and so trapped and ventilated as to absolutely protect the room in which it is placed from any contamination whatever.[…]This same closet can be arranged for urinal purposes by having the lid of the seat for each person attached to a hinge so that it can be raised up when desired to be used for micturation^([sic]) only."

Noun
  1. 1
    A device or fixture used for urination, particularly

    "This was the second time in the last few months that she was asked to install a urinal in a luxury residential project, and she said she knows many other designers and architects who have been specifying home urinals in their projects."

  2. 2
    a plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate wordnet
  3. 3
    A device or fixture used for urination; A glass vial used for examining or storing urine. historical
  4. 4
    A device or fixture used for urination; A chamber pot specially designed or considered as a device for urination. obsolete
  5. 5
    A device or fixture used for urination; A device for urination worn or used by patients suffering urinary incontinence.
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  1. 6
    A device or fixture used for urination; A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.
  2. 7
    Any oblong glass vessel shaped like the old alchemist's urinal. obsolete
  3. 8
    A room or structure used for urination: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English urinal, urynal, orynal, from Old French urinal, orinal (“vessel for urination”), from Latin ūrīnālis (“urinary”). Use for plumbing fixtures attested from 1851.

Etymology 2

From Middle French urinal, from Late Latin ūrīnālis, equivalent to urine + -al.

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