toilet

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  1. noun 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. noun A room or booth containing such a fixture.
  3. noun The act or process of dressing or grooming oneself.
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  • Each day the guards lowered food and water through a trap, while her toilet was a hole in the floor. —  FSFDec2003
  • To kill a child and flush it down the toilet is a horrible thing. —  RedState
  • Once the toilet has been assembled you can position it. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • I'm not alone in being this delicate; culturally, going to the toilet is an intensely private, almost shameful act. —  SofiaEcho RSS feed
  • Since the toilet was the least sanitary thing I have ever seen, I was puzzled as to how anyone in their right mind would want to conduct their morning ablutions right next to it. —  SofiaEcho RSS feed
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  1. French toilette, clothes bag, from Old French tellette, diminutive of teile, cloth; see toil2.
 

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/ˈtɔɪlɛt, tɔɪˈlɛt/
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