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toilet

Definition

  • noun: a large bowl attached to a pipe that is used for getting rid of bodily waste and then flushed with water
  • noun: the act or process of dressing and grooming oneself
  • verb: to dress and groom oneself
  • usually used of a child
  • synonyms: wc, backhouse, basement

Examples

  • ('Brit') The little boy told his mother that he had to 'go to the toilet'. [=use the toilet; ('US') 'go to the bathroom']

  • We're planning to 'toilet train' him next summer.

  • One of the kids needed to use the 'toilet'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Natural cheer and active minds Are perfect for toy-building. They... they tried using gnomes And trolls, But the gnomes drank too much... ...and the trolls weren't toilet trained. No human being has ever set... set foot in Santa's workshop. Uh, that is until about years ago, (..)
    2003 Elf