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dry closet

dry closet noun: a toilet, containing no water, in which earth or ashes were added to the excrement after each use, the contents being regularly collected.

Noun

dry closet (plural dry closets)

  1. A toilet, containing no water, in which earth or ashes were added to the excrement after each use, the contents being regularly collected.
    Synonyms:
    earth closet

Synonyms of dry closet

Forms of dry closet

pluraldry closets

Questions about dry closet

What does dry closet mean?
Dry closet means a toilet, containing no water, in which earth or ashes were added to the excrement after each use, the contents being regularly collected.
What part of speech is dry closet?
Dry closet is a noun.
What is the plural of dry closet?
The plural of dry closet is dry closets.

Words near dry closet in the dictionary

  1. dry cleaner
  2. dry cleaner's
  3. dry cleaners
  4. dry cleaning
  5. dry cleans
  6. dry closet
  7. dry closets
  8. dry cough
  9. dry coughs
  10. dry creek
  11. dry creeks

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