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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

  • (..) with a babyphone. It's like a Walkie-Talkie. You hear him, he hears you. According to the contract, you also have your own room. Here, the toilets. And there a private bathroom. Hello? It's here. He's waiting for you. Just a minute... (..)
    2011 The Intouchables