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Toilet - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Toilet : (noun)
1: a room equipped with toilet facilities [syn: lavatory, lav,
can, john, privy, bathroom]
2: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: can,
commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne]
3: misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; "his career
was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer";
"pensions are in the toilet" [syn: gutter, sewer]
4: the act of dressing and preparing yourself; "he made his
morning toilet and went to breakfast" [syn: toilette]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Toilet : \Toi"let\, n. [F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See
Toil a net.]
1. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a
table in a chamber or a dressing room.
2. A dressing table. --Pope.
3. Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in
dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect.
[Written also toilette.]
Toilet glass, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a
dressing room.
Toilet service, Toilet set, earthenware, glass, and other
utensils for a dressing room.
Toilet table, a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above.
To snake one's toilet, to dress one's self; especially, to
dress one's self carefully.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Toilet : Toilet: 1. In medicine, cleansing of a wound and the skin around it. 2. In obstetrics, cleansing of a woman just after childbirth. 3. In dentistry, the cleaning out of a
cavity before a restoration. 4. A device for the disposal of urine and feces. Or the room containing such a device.
The word toilet comes from the French toilette which originally designated a dressing table covered with cloth (toile) and lace and on which stood a mirror. Today, toilette in French refers to the
ensemble of bathing, grooming the hair, and dressing.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Toilet |
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mharwood: No drink. No Toilet! Seriously? |
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AAA_Amerah: Also written is "Toilet PAPPER" and then "Learn to spell." |
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douglaswright: @Ryan_B_King @kathydodd let's get our priorities straight. We should be buying beer and Toilet paper #thundersnow |
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