Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An apparatus for defecation and urination, usually consisting of a bowl fitted with a hinged seat and connected to a waste pipe and a flushing apparatus.
- noun A room or booth containing such an apparatus.
- noun The act or process of dressing or grooming oneself.
- noun Dress; attire; costume.
- noun The cleansing of a body area as part of a surgical or medical procedure.
- noun Archaic A dressing table.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A room designed as a dressing-room, especially one provided with facilities for bathing; in a restricted sense, a bath-room or water-closet.
- noun A cloth, generally of linen.
- noun Hence An article made of linen or other Cloth.
- noun A cover for a dressing-table, or for the articles set upon it. Now called
toilet-cover . - noun A bag or cloth case for holding clothing, etc.
- noun Hence The articles, collectively, used in dressing, as a mirror, bottles, boxes, brushes, and combs, set upon the dressing-table; a toilet-service.
- noun A dressing-table furnished with a mirror: more commonly called
toilet-table . - noun The process of dressing; formerly, specifically, the dressing and powdering of the hair, during which women of fashion received callers.
- noun 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.”
- noun In surgery, the cleansing of the part after an operation, especially in the peritoneal cavity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.
- noun A dressing table.
- noun Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress.
- noun a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a dressing room.
- noun earthenware, glass, and other utensils for a dressing room.
- noun a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above.
- noun to dress one's self; especially, to dress one's self carefully.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Now specifically, a room or enclosed cubicle containing a
lavatory , e.g., abathroom orwater closet (w.c. ). - noun Other similar devices, such as squat toilets, as in Japan or the Middle East.
- noun obsolete A
covering oflinen ,silk , ortapestry , spread over a table in a chamber or dressing room. - noun obsolete A
dressing table . - verb dated To
dress andgroom oneself - verb To use the toilet, or assist (a child etc) in using the toilet
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
- noun a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- noun the act of dressing and preparing yourself
- noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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At a California elementary school, the phrase "toilet paper" meant a student should subtract or "wipe away" a number in a math problem.
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At a California elementary school, the phrase "toilet paper" meant a student should subtract or "wipe away" a number in a math problem.
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The game's content is always brought up, and Gibson doesn't like the term toilet humor-he prefers "base humor."
Ars Technica Ben Kuchera 2011
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A 3-foot long ball python gives new meaning to the term toilet snake.
KSAT - Local News 2010
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A 3-foot long ball python gives new meaning to the term toilet snake.
KSAT - Local News 2010
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A 3-foot long ball python gives new meaning to the term toilet snake.
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A 3-foot long ball python gives new meaning to the term toilet snake.
KSAT - Local News 2010
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A 3-foot long ball python gives new meaning to the term toilet snake.
KSAT - Local News 2010
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A 3-foot long ball python gives new meaning to the term toilet snake.
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A 3-foot long ball python gives new meaning to the term toilet snake.
KSAT - Local News 2010
sionnach commented on the word toilet
There are many toilet articles here
April 21, 2009