toilet

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A fixture for defecation and urination, consisting of a bowl fitted with a hinged seat and connected to a waste pipe and a flushing apparatus; a privy.
2. n. A room or booth containing such a fixture.
3. n. The act or process of dressing or grooming oneself.
4. n. Dress; attire; costume.
5. n. The cleansing of a body area as part of a surgical or medical procedure.
6. n. Archaic A dressing table.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A room designed as a dressing-room, especially one provided with facilities for bathing; in a restricted sense, a bath-room or water-closet.
2. n. A cloth, generally of linen.
3. n. Hence An article made of linen or other Cloth. A cloth to be thrown over the shoulders during shaving or hair-dressing.
4. n. A cover for a dressing-table, or for the articles set upon it. Now called toilet-cover.
5. n. A bag or cloth case for holding clothing, etc.
6. n. Hence The articles, collectively, used in dressing, as a mirror, bottles, boxes, brushes, and combs, set upon the dressing-table; a toilet-service.
7. n. A dressing-table furnished with a mirror: more commonly called toilet-table.
8. n. The process of dressing; formerly, specifically, the dressing and powdering of the hair, during which women of fashion received callers.
9. n. The dress and make-up of a person; as, his toilet was not irreproachable; also, any particular costume: as, a toilet of white silk: in the last sense chiefly used by writers of “fashion articles.”
10. n. In surgery, the cleansing of the part after an operation, especially in the peritoneal cavity.

Wiktionary

1. n. Personal grooming; washing, dressing etc. [from 17th c.]
2. n. One's style of dressing; dress, outfit. [from 18th c.]
3. n. A dressing room. [from 19th c.]
4. n. Now specifically, a room or enclosed cubicle containing a lavatory, e.g, a bathroom or water closet (w.c.).
5. n. A lavatory or device for depositing human waste and then flushing it away with water. [from 20th c.]
6. n. Other similar devices, such as squat toilets, as in Japan or the Middle East.
7. n. A shabby or dirty place, especially, a lounge/bar/pub/tavern. [from 20th c.]
8. v. To dress and groom oneself
9. v. To use the toilet, or assist (a child etc) in using the toilet

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.
2. n. A dressing table.
3. n. Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
2. n. a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
3. n. the act of dressing and preparing yourself
4. n. a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination