toilet

Meaning

Noun

1. (Australia, Hong-Kong, UK) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
2. (Australia, Hong-Kong, New-Zealand, UK) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
3. 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.
4. (figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place.
5. (obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room.
6. (obsolete) The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table.
7. (archaic, historical) Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair.
8. (archaic) One's style of dressing: dress, outfit.
9. (archaic) A dressing room.
10. (obsolete) A chamber pot.
11. (derogatory) A woman.

Verb

1. (dated) To dress and groom oneself.
2. To use (urinate or defecate in) a toilet.
3. To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.

Synonyms

lavatory

bathroom

restroom

🚻

washroom

privy

water closet

loo

WC

🚾

latrine

john

can

outhouse

lav

toilette

rest room

bog

dressing

cloakroom

powder room

water-closet

W.C.

stool

bath

🛀

comfort station

throne

grooming

waiting room

gutter

dress

👗

embellishment

attire

facilities

convenience

sewer

potty

pot

toilet bowl

w.c.

crapper

commode

boudoir

beautification

rig

ruin

scouring

scrub

shitter

shower

🚿

toilets

bathe

Translations

Toilette

🚽

toilette

🚽

toilettes

toilet

🚽

gabinetto

🗄️

Klosett

🚽

Klo

🚽

bagno

🛀

toilette

🚽

τουαλέτα

baño

🛀

αποχωρητήριο

vàter

banheiro

tuvalet

🚽

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɔɪ.lət/

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.

Sentences

They even demanded separate eating and toilet facilities .