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chamber pot

chamber pot noun: a container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.

chamber pot: a container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before...
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Noun

chamber pot (plural chamber pots)

  1. A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.

chamber pot meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Arabic and Indonesian

chamber pot in Tamil

அறைப்பானை

chamber pot in Urdu

پیشاب دان

chamber pot in Arabic

a container used for urination and defecation — see also urinal, chemical toilet
قَعَادَة qaʕāda

chamber pot in Indonesian

a container used for urination and defecation — see also urinal, chemical toilet
pispot
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chamber pot in Persian
شاشدان šâšdân, پیسیار pisyâr
chamber pot in Thai
กระโถน grà-tǒon
chamber pot in Vietnamese
bô

Synonyms of chamber pot

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Forms of chamber pot

pluralchamber pots
alternative formchamberpot

Origin of chamber pot

From chamber + pot, from its usual use in one's chamber (i.e., bedroom).

Questions about chamber pot

What does chamber pot mean?
Chamber pot means a container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.
What is chamber pot in Tamil?
Chamber pot in Tamil is அறைப்பானை. See Chamber pot meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chamber pot?
Chamber pot is a noun.
What is the plural of chamber pot?
The plural of chamber pot is chamber pots.

Words near chamber pot in the dictionary

  1. chamber organ
  2. chamber organs
  3. chamber play
  4. chamber plays
  5. chamber pop
  6. chamber pot
  7. chamber pots
  8. chamber tomb
  9. chamber tombs
  10. chamber utensil
  11. chamber-work

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chamber pot (page history and authors); chamber pot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chamber pot (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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