latrine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of latrine
1635–45; < French < Latin lātrīna, short for lavātrīna place for washing, derivative of lavāre to wash
Example Sentences
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The parasite analysis focused on sediment taken from a sewer drain connected to the latrine block of a bath complex dating to the 3rd century CE.
From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025
There was no water, and the stench of the latrine was unbearable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
Begum sits now amid the misery and the muck of the camps as the stench from a nearby latrine wafts by, wishing she could hear her children call her “mother” one more time.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023
The hall’s eventual ruins, which were later attested to as a latrine by the historian Suetonius, are located near and around the square.
From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2023
Under a mango tree a few meters from the yard was the latrine and the kule—open-air shower.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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