men's room
men's room noun: a restroom intended for use by males, often including urinals in addition to toilet stalls.
Noun
men's room (plural men's rooms)
- A restroom intended for use by males, often including urinals in addition to toilet stalls.
- Search the lounge downstairs. The men's room, the ladies' room.1929, Daniel Nathan as "Ellery Queen", The Roman Hat Mystery, Ch. iii, p. 31
- Other rooms intended for use by men, as waiting rooms, dressing rooms, locker rooms, etc.
- Synonyms:
- bathroom
Synonyms of men's room
Forms of men's room
| plural | men's rooms |
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Origin of men's room
Originally a clipped form of gentlemen's room, originally a separate waiting room for men in public buildings such as railway stations but by the appearance of men's room also used as a euphemism for men's lavatories.
Words formed from men's room
Questions about men's room
- What does men's room mean?
- Men's room means a restroom intended for use by males, often including urinals in addition to toilet stalls.
- What part of speech is men's room?
- Men's room is a noun.
- What is the plural of men's room?
- The plural of men's room is men's rooms.
Words near men's room in the dictionary
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