bathroom

[ bath-room, -room, bahth- ]

noun

1. a room equipped for taking a bath or shower.
2. toilet ( def 2 ).

bathroom

/ ˈbɑːθˌruːm; -ˌrʊm /

noun

1. a room containing a bath or shower and usually a washbasin and lavatory
2. See lavatory
   another name for lavatory

Word History and Origins

Origin of bathroom¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; bath ¹ + room

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. go to / use the bathroom, to use the toilet; urinate or defecate.

Example Sentences

Note, that these bins are not very large, but that being said at 29 by 25 by 13 inches could fit in most smaller bathrooms.

From Popular-Science

You’d be right to be angry if you found a friend had set up secret cameras in their bathrooms, but they could do so even if it was sort of hard to explain why in court.

From Ozy

It either got into the house from the ground floor, climbed the steps, made a beeline to the bathroom, and somehow climbed up the sheer tile wall to get to the window sill where it could startle my wife.

From Fortune

They’d look handsome as hand towels in a bathroom, or hanging on the oven door in the kitchen.

From Popular-Science

Bring the salon experience to your own bathroom with this professional-grade, cult-favorite scalp scrub.

From Popular-Science

I knew there would be good times and bad, sickness and health, broken dishwashers and giant cockroaches in the bathroom.

From The Daily Beast

After cleaning up the copious amount of blood on my body in a bathroom, I found my clothing and got dressed.

From The Daily Beast

There was one bathroom on the ship, and there were no showers or beds.

From The Daily Beast

In his City of God, Augustine was quite clear that in the hereafter humans would no longer need bathroom breaks.

From The Daily Beast

He kept it in a brown paper bag stashed in the bathroom of his office.

From The Daily Beast

Evidently, the lady was somewhat concerned about her pale complexion, for there was a sun lamp in the bathroom.

From Project Gutenberg

Behind one was the bathroom, so-called as a compliment to the presence of a wash-basin and running water.

From Project Gutenberg

There were to be four radiators downstairs and three upstairs, one in the bathroom, one in the hall, and one in a chamber.

From Project Gutenberg

To-day I went almost wild with fury—I rushed into the bathroom and locked the door and flung myself upon the floor.

From Project Gutenberg

There never was any veiled figure,—you saw a man hunting around here, while you were hidden in the bathroom.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• lavatory
• powder room
• restroom
• toilet
• washroom
• water closet