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toilet

American  
[toi-lit] / ˈtɔɪ lɪt /

noun

  1. a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination.

  2. a lavatory.

  3. a bathroom.

  4. toilet bowl.

  5. a dressing room, especially one containing a bath.

  6. the act or process of dressing or grooming oneself, including bathing and arranging the hair.

    to make one's toilet; busy at her toilet.

  7. toilet set.

  8. the dress or costume of a person; any particular costume.

    toilet of white silk.

  9. Surgery. the cleansing of a part after childbirth or a wound after an operation.

  10. Archaic. dressing table.

idioms

  1. go down / in the toilet, to become worthless or profitless; be doomed.

    The team's entire season went down the toilet.
toilet British  
/ ˈtɔɪlɪt /

noun

  1. another word for lavatory

  2. old-fashioned the act of dressing and preparing oneself

    to make one's toilet

  3. old-fashioned a dressing table or the articles used when making one's toilet

  4. rare costume

  5. the cleansing of a wound, etc, after an operation or childbirth

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of toilet

1530–40; < French toilette small cloth, doily, dressing table, equivalent to toile toil 2 + -ette -et

Example Sentences

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The couple expects to move to another section of the stadium, where two access ramps and four accessible toilets were recently installed.

From Barron's

The Universal Waste Management System—that’s the toilet—uses air flow to pull fluid and solid waste away into containers.

From The Wall Street Journal

The carrier has also reportedly suffered significant problems with its toilet system while at sea, with US media reporting clogs and long lines for restrooms on the ship.

From Barron's

In Eastbourne, the council has increased parking charges and introduced charges to the public toilets.

From BBC

One of the females had turned up in a stream by public toilets in the town centre and was starting to make herself a home there.

From BBC

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