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necessary room

necessary room noun: a toilet, a lavatory (the room, not the fixture).

Noun

necessary room (plural necessary rooms)

  1. (euphemistic) A toilet, a lavatory (the room, not the fixture).
    • Four bedrooms and a necessary room upstairs and one down, a formal dining room, a large parlor ...2005, June M. Woodring, The Skittish Bride, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 252
    • At various times, that place also has been called a privy chamber, a necessary room, the smallest room in the house, and even “where the queen goes alone.2012, Justin Cord Hayes, The Unexpected Evolution of Language: Discover the Surprising Etymology of Everyday Words, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

Examples of necessary room in a sentence

  • Master baths are as big as a real room, spacious and a decorator's dream, more than a necessary room.2006, Ejay Wyndesh, The Empty Nest the Second Time Around, iUniverse, →ISBN:
  • She had a sleeping chamber complete with a necessary room attached and a hot tub in the corner.2005, Larry W. Miller, The Conquest of New Eden/Sins of the Father, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 157:
  • ... near the main hall in a small room that might have been a necessary room.2019, John Bede, Freedom Because of the Brave: Book 3 The Patriots Abound Trilogy, Fulton Books, Inc., →ISBN:
  • The beach hut provided shelter from the sun, a place to change, and a necessary room.2012, Harry Carter, The Life and Loves of a United States Naval Aviator, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 144:

Forms of necessary room

pluralnecessary rooms

Questions about necessary room

What does necessary room mean?
Necessary room means a toilet, a lavatory (the room, not the fixture).
How do you use necessary room in a sentence?
Master baths are as big as a real room, spacious and a decorator's dream, more than a necessary room.
What part of speech is necessary room?
Necessary room is a noun.
What is the plural of necessary room?
The plural of necessary room is necessary rooms.

Words near necessary room in the dictionary

  1. necessary evils
  2. necessary house
  3. necessary houses
  4. necessary place
  5. necessary places
  6. necessary room
  7. necessary rooms
  8. necessary stool
  9. necessary stools
  10. necessary vault
  11. necessary vaults

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