bathroom
/ˈbɑːθɹʊm//ˈbæθˌɹum/
bathroom noun: a room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
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 - Although there was a cloakroom on the ground floor, the Old Rectory had only one bathroom, a defect which necessitated embarrassed, low-voiced enquiries before anyone upset their carefully worked-out rota by taking an unexpected bath.1989, P. D. James, Devices and Desires
- “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'.
Verb
bathroom (third-person singular simple present bathrooms, present participle bathrooming, simple past and past participle bathroomed)
- To assist a patient with using the toilet and general personal hygiene.
bathroom meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bathroom in Hindi
- a room with a bathtub
- स्नानघर snānghar, ग़ुस्लख़ाना ġuslaxānā
bathroom in Tamil
- a room with a bathtub
- குளியலறை kuḷiyalaṟai
bathroom in Marathi
- bathroom
- न्हाणीघर nhāṇīghar
bathroom in Urdu
- a room with a bathtub
- غسل خانہ ġusal-xānā, حمام hammām, حمام خانہ hammām-xānā
More languagesFewer languages
- bathroom in Bengali
- গোসলখানা gōśolkhana
- bathroom in Telugu
- స్నానాలగది snānālagadi
- bathroom in Kannada
- ಸ್ನಾನಗೃಹದ snānagṛhada
- bathroom in Punjabi
- ਖੁਰਾ khurā
- bathroom in Gujarati
- નહાવાની ઓરડી nahāvānī oraḍī
- bathroom in Sanskrit
- स्नानागार snānāgāra, स्नान snāna
- bathroom in Pashto
- لمبل ځای lambā jãy, حمام hamām
- bathroom in Tagalog
- banyo
- bathroom in Arabic
- حَمَّام ḥammām
- bathroom in Malay
- bilik mandi
- bathroom in Indonesian
- kamar mandi
- bathroom in Persian
- حمام hammâm, دَسْتْشویی dastšuyi
- bathroom in Thai
- ห้องน้ำ hɔ̂ng-náam
- bathroom in Vietnamese
- buồng tắm, phòng tắm
- bathroom in Myanmar
- ရေချိုးခန်း rehkyui:hkan:
Examples of bathroom in a sentence
- The bathroom was for employees only, so civilians weren't allowed to use it.
- I painted the bathroom walls light blue, and I painted the ceiling white.
- There was a visible splash on his pants after he went to the bathroom.
Synonyms of bathroom
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- siege
- cludgie
- netty
- six
- facilities
- lavatory
- lavabo
- necessary
- necessary room
- office of ease
- place
- potty
- small room
- smallest room
- throne room
- cottage
- geography
- khazi
- usual offices
- amenities
- restroom
- washroom
- comfort room
- CR
- closet of decency
- closet of ease
- house of office
- necessary place
- purging place
- vault
Forms of bathroom
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bathrooms |
| alternative form | bath room |
| alternative form | bath-room |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bathrooms |
| present participle | bathrooming |
| past participle | bathroomed |
| past | bathroomed |
Origin of bathroom
From bath + room. Compare Dutch badkamer (“bathroom”), German Badezimmer (“bathroom”), Swedish badrum (“bathroom”), Faroese baðrúm (“bathroom”).
Words formed from bathroom
- bathroom bag
- bathroom bill
- bathroom break
- bathroom cabinet
- bathroomette
- bathroomful
- bathroomgoer
- bathroom humour
- bathroomish
- bathroom kit
- bathroomless
- bathroomlike
- bathroom pass
- bathroom scales
- bathroom singer
- bathroom tissue
- bathroomware
- bathroomy
- do you need to use the bathroom
- full bathroom
- go to the bathroom
- half bathroom
- master bathroom
- multibathroom
- quarter bathroom
- split bathroom
- three-quarter bathroom
- use the bathroom
Phrases with bathroom
- bathroom bags
- bathroom kits
- bathroom bills
- bathroom humor
- bathroom breaks
- bathroom passes
- bathroom singers
- bathroom tissues
- bathroom cabinets
- used the bathroom
- uses the bathroom
- using the bathroom
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Words that rhyme with bathroom
Questions about bathroom
- What does bathroom mean?
- Bathroom means a room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
- What is bathroom in Hindi?
- Bathroom in Hindi is स्नानघर (snānghar), ग़ुस्लख़ाना (ġuslaxānā). See Bathroom meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bathroom?
- Bathroom can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce bathroom?
- Bathroom is pronounced /ˈbɑːθɹʊm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bathroom?
- The plural of bathroom is bathrooms.
Words near bathroom in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bathroom (page history and authors); न्हाणीघर (Marathi) (page history and authors); ਖੁਰਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); स्नान (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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