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bathrooms

bathrooms is the plural of bathroom.

Meaning of bathroom

Noun

bathroom (plural bathrooms)

  1. 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
  2. (Australia, Canada, Philippines, South Africa, US, euphemistic) 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'.

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Phrases with bathrooms

Questions about bathrooms

What is bathrooms the plural of?
Bathrooms is the plural of bathroom.

Words near bathrooms in the dictionary

  1. bathroomgoer
  2. bathroomgoers
  3. bathroomish
  4. bathroomless
  5. bathroomlike
  6. bathrooms
  7. bathroomware
  8. bathroomy
  9. baths
  10. bathscape
  11. bathsful

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