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bathroom

[ bath-room, -room, bahth- ]

noun

  1. a room equipped for taking a bath or shower.


bathroom

/ ˈbɑːθˌruːm; -ˌrʊm /

noun

  1. a room containing a bath or shower and usually a washbasin and lavatory
  2. another name for lavatory
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bathroom1

First recorded in 1690–1700; bath 1 + room
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. go to / use the bathroom, to use the toilet; urinate or defecate.
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Although the bathrooms are divided by gender — and marked with Basquiat-style dinosaur imagery — on the nights when Simon Says takes over the Spotlight, those designations are ignored, and the toilets become unisex.

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But instead – using the technique of saucissonnage, or the practice of tying them up like a saucisson, a salami - the man bound her with zip ties and duct tape, and left her in the bathroom.

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When Chloe Ramsden and her five-year-old son moved into their home in Halifax there was only flooring in the kitchen and bathroom.

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Hegseth went on to suggest that the "leftist 'news' media" would rather see him install "tampon machines in every men’s bathroom at DoD."

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“I yearn to be banned again,” said Waters, lamenting that his books are by the front door of bookstores rather than “by the true crime near the bathroom or the gay section in the back.”

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