toilet

  • 11toilet — toi|let [ tɔılət ] noun * 1. ) count a structure like a seat over a hole where you get rid of waste from your body: Can I use your toilet? a ) MAINLY BRITISH a BATHROOM b ) only before noun relating to a toilet: toilet facilities a toilet… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 12toilet — /toy lit/, n. 1. a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination. 2. a lavatory. 3. a bathroom. 4. See toilet bowl. 5. a dressing… …

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  • 13toilet — toi|let S2 [ˈtɔılıt] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: toilette cloth put around the shoulders while arranging the hair or shaving, toilette, toilet , from toile net, cloth , from Latin tela something woven ] 1.) a large bowl that you sit on… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14toilet — [[t]tɔ͟ɪlət[/t]] toilets 1) N COUNT A toilet is a large bowl with a seat, or a platform with a hole, which is connected to a water system and which you use when you want to get rid of urine or faeces from your body. She made Tina flush the pills… …

    English dictionary

  • 15toilet — /ˈtɔɪlət / (say toyluht) noun 1. an apparatus for the disposal of urine and faeces, usually in the form of a bowl connected to a drainage system and fitted with a device for flushing water; water closet. 2. a room or booth fitted with a toilet… …

  • 16toilet — Lavatory Lav a*to*ry, n.; pl. {Lavatories}. [L. lavatorium: cf. lavatoire. See {Lave} to wash, and cf. {Laver}.] 1. A place for washing. [1913 Webster] 2. A basin or other vessel for washing in. [1913 Webster] 3. A wash or lotion for a diseased… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 17toilet — n. 1) to flush a toilet 2) a pay; public toilet * * * [ tɔɪlɪt] public toilet a pay to flush a toilet …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 18toilet — noun 1》 a large bowl for urinating or defecating into, typically plumbed into a sewage system; a lavatory. 2》 the process of washing oneself, dressing, and attending to one s appearance.     ↘[as modifier] denoting articles used in this process.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 19toilet —   1. Bathroom. Lua, wahi ho opau pilikia, lua li ili i, ki ona.     Outside toilet, hale li ili i.     Go to the toilet, hele i ka lua.   2. Adornment. Ho oma ema e a hō a ahu i ke kino.     Toilet water, wai ala.     Toilet articles, nā mea ho… …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 20toilet — I. noun Etymology: French toilette cloth on which items used for grooming are placed, from Middle French, piece of batiste, from diminutive of toile cloth Date: 1667 1. archaic dressing table 2. the act or process of dressing and grooming oneself …

    New Collegiate Dictionary