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toilet
[toi-lit]
noun
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.
a lavatory.
a bathroom.
a dressing room, especially one containing a bath.
the act or process of dressing or grooming oneself, including bathing and arranging the hair.
to make one's toilet; busy at her toilet.
the dress or costume of a person; any particular costume.
toilet of white silk.
Surgery.the cleansing of a part after childbirth or a wound after an operation.
Archaic.dressing table.
toilet
/ ˈɔɪɪ /
noun
another word for lavatory
old-fashionedthe act of dressing and preparing oneself
to make one's toilet
old-fashioneda dressing table or the articles used when making one's toilet
rarecostume
the cleansing of a wound, etc, after an operation or childbirth
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of toilet1
Idioms and Phrases
go down / in the toilet, to become worthless or profitless; be doomed.
The team's entire season went down the toilet.
Example Sentences
Ivor's condition affects about one in every 15,000 people and means he needs constant supervision, struggles to sleep through the night, cannot speak, understand the word "no" and is not toilet trained.
A woman who was wrongly accused of shoplifting toilet roll due to an apparent mix-up with a facial recognition system was left "fuming" after being ejected from two Home Bargains stores.
Two men have been jailed for stealing a £4.8m gold toilet from from an art exhibition at Blenheim Palace.
The Scottish government said that local authorities have statutory responsibility for the school estate, including the provision of toilets.
The campground, shaded by large pine and other trees, has flush and vault toilets and drinking water.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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