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toilet

[ toi-lit ]

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noun

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.
a lavatory.
a bathroom.
toilet bowl.
a dressing room, especially one containing a bath.
the act or process of dressing or grooming oneself, including bathing and arranging the hair:
to make one's toilet; busy at her toilet.
toilet set.
the dress or costume of a person; any particular costume:
toilet of white silk.
Surgery. the cleansing of a part after childbirth or a wound after an operation.
Archaic. dressing table.

toilet

/ ˈtɔɪlɪt /

another word for lavatory
old-fashioned.
the act of dressing and preparing oneself
to make one's toilet
old-fashioned.
a dressing table or the articles used when making one's toilet
rare.
costume
the cleansing of a wound, etc, after an operation or childbirth

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Origin of toilet¹

1530–40; < French toilette small cloth, doily, dressing table, equivalent to toile toil ² + -ette -et

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Origin of toilet¹

C16: from French toilette dress, from toile

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go down / in the toilet, to become worthless or profitless; be doomed:
The team's entire season went down the toilet.

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She has also started picking up extra food and putting it next to her water and extra toilet paper.

Eric, a children's bowel and bladder charity, said it was concerned parents were being "shamed" for not having toilet trained their children.

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A mattress is jammed up next to the sink, the toilet is nearby.

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Then there are the provisions that each residential unit needs for water, power, toilet and air conditioning.

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