Lavatories - English meaning

noun

A room containing a bath or shower and typically also a washbasin and a toilet.

Usage examples:

To the left is the family bathroom which has a bath, wash basin, toilet and tiled wall and floor.

noun

A room with a toilet and a place to wash your hands, and often a bathtub and a shower (= device that sprays water on a person’s body)

Usage examples:

Our bathroom is the warmest room in the house.

noun

A room in a public building where outdoor clothes or luggage may be left.

Usage examples:

The cloakroom attendant

noun

A room in a public building where coats, bags, and hats can be left while their owners are in the building

noun

A piece of furniture containing a concealed chamber pot.

Usage examples:

Down the years, there have been as many shapes and designs of chamber pots and commodes as there ha…

noun

A piece of furniture that looks like a chair but has a container in the seat that people who are ill or old can use as a toilet

noun

A place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Cooking facilities

phrase

The buildings, equipment, and services provided for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

Shopping facilities, medical facilities, sports facilities, missile strikes were aimed at the count…

noun

A toilet, especially a communal one in a camp or barracks.

Usage examples:

One soldier, rather close to the bottom of the ladder, was quite satisfied to simply keep the latri…

noun

A toilet, esp. a simple one such as a hole in the ground, used in a military area or when camping (= living in a tent for a short period)

noun

A building such as a shed or barn that is built on to or in the grounds of a house.

Usage examples:

Sheds, outhouses, garages, barns were emptied of their contents - chainsaws, power tools, mowers, b…

verb

Store or accommodate away from the main storage or accommodation area.

Usage examples:

Books outhoused in the annex take longer to deliver

noun

A small building containing a seat over a hole that is used as a toilet, used esp. by people who live in houses that do not have water moving in pipes

adjective

Sharing in the knowledge of (something secret or private).

Usage examples:

He was no longer privy to her innermost thoughts

noun

A toilet located in a small shed outside a house or other building.

Usage examples:

It was just as well that the neighbours were so friendly as some of the outside loos - or privies -…

adjective

Having secret knowledge

Usage examples:

Only top management was privy to (= knew about) the proposed merger.

noun

A fixed receptacle into which a person may urinate or defecate, typically consisting of a large bowl connected to a system for flushing away the waste into a sewer or septic tank.

Usage examples:

Liz heard the toilet flush

verb

Assist or supervise (someone, especially an infant or invalid) in using a toilet.

Usage examples:

Patients were fed and toileted every four hours

noun

A device into which people excrete waste, esp. a bowl-shaped device with a seat that has a hole in it, or a bathroom

Usage examples:

I couldn't get the toilet to flush.

noun

A bowl or other receptacle, typically attached to a wall in a public toilet, into which men may urinate.

Usage examples:

The areas here lack motorable roads, decent footpaths, public urinals and toilets.

noun

A device to urinate in, used by men and boys and usually attached to a wall

noun

A room with washing and toilet facilities.

Usage examples:

Refurbishing the toilets and washrooms will cost more than it would in other schools, because the p…

noun

A bathroom

abbreviation

Water closet.