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dry closets

dry closets is the plural of dry closet.

Meaning of dry closet

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

Questions about dry closets

What is dry closets the plural of?
Dry closets is the plural of dry closet.

Words near dry closets in the dictionary

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

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