Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A bathroom, especially one in a public place.

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  • noun US, Canada A toilet, especially a public one.

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  • noun a lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place)

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Examples

  • More than a little unreal - we sit you stand - suddenly it matters if the washroom is really clean.

    Kyl raises past Sotomayor statements 2009

  • The washroom is too small for a camp with 87 men and cannot be considered adequate.

    Work Camp 11086 GW 2010

  • You will learn to recognize when a public washroom is really a Space Alien Dissection Booth, based on the lobster trap theme of Darcy of Paris, Manitoba.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • I suppose the msm are too busy hunting down more * facts* about Larry Craig and his toe-tappin 'washroom antics and can't spend any time talking about an ex and current convict who gave tens of zillions of dollars to the Clinton's and Gore, gave state secrets away to the Chinese gov't and has his fingerprints all over dozens of Democrat state organizations.

    Archive 2007-09-01 2007

  • Whenever we get home we call the washroom, Like, "I get to go first" so he called it, but i really really really had to go but he wouldn't let me, and i was like, "yeah but i just have to do a pee, you have to sit for an hour, so just let me go first ..." but he wouldn't.

    withkerth Diary Entry withkerth 2000

  • Besides perhaps having to venture out to use a public washroom, that is.

    Because Toilets Are NOT Optional emu-head 2006

  • One strain was found next to a washroom, which isn't surprising since salmonella is spread by animal feces.

    RVABlogs 2009

  • Hell, my dad even calls the washroom "The Library".

    Apartment Therapy Main 2009

  • A visit to the washroom is a must to see the unique decor.

    Coolcat's Jottings 2008

  • After finding the "washroom" (Polar Star is a Canadian ship), I continued my Drake Passage Initiation with a short and sweet session of "technicolor yodeling" (a euphemism for vomiting coined, I believe, by WAI guides Russ and Scott).

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

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  • Acceptable, but quaint, in AmE

    January 6, 2012

  • Quaint? In my experience it's the standard (in polite conversation).

    January 6, 2012