bath-room
bath-room is the dated form of bathroom.
Meaning of bathroom
Noun
bathroom (plural bathrooms)
- A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
- “down this ‘ere little stair–mind your ‘ead, mum–everythink is modern, put in by Mr. Noakes w’en ‘e took to lettin’ for the summer.”
”A bathroom?” asked Harriet hopefully.
”Well, no, m’lady, not a bathroom,” replied Mrs. Ruddle, as though that were too much to expect, “but everythink else is quite...1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon
- “down this ‘ere little stair–mind your ‘ead, mum–everythink is modern, put in by Mr. Noakes w’en ‘e took to lettin’ for the summer.”
- A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.
- Most Americans don't know 'WC' and many Brits mock 'bathroom' but almost everyone understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.
Forms of bath-room
| plural | bath-rooms |
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Questions about bath-room
- What is bath-room the dated form of?
- Bath-room is the dated form of bathroom.
Words near bath-room in the dictionary
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