commode
Meaning
- A low chest of drawers on short legs.
- A stand for a washbowl and jug.
- A chair containing a chamber pot.
- (South-Asia, US, euphemistic) A toilet.
- (historical) A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/kəˈməʊd/
Etymology
Borrowed from French commode (literally “convenient”). Doublet of comodo.
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