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portable toilet

portable toilet noun: a movable toilet, particularly a portable outhouse used where other lavatories are unavailable (as at a construction site) or insufficient (as at special events).

portable toilet: a movable toilet, particularly a portable outhouse used where other lavatories are unavailable (as...
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Noun

portable toilet (plural portable toilets)

  1. A movable toilet, particularly a portable outhouse used where other lavatories are unavailable (as at a construction site) or insufficient (as at special events).
    • The 0812 Huddersfield-Sheffield service struck the stabiliser leg of a lorry being used to take away portable toilets after local repair work.2021 December 29, “Network News: RAIB: tighten up supervision after 27mph train sideswipe incident”, in RAIL, number 947, page 8

Synonyms of portable toilet

Forms of portable toilet

pluralportable toilets

Questions about portable toilet

What does portable toilet mean?
Portable toilet means a movable toilet, particularly a portable outhouse used where other lavatories are unavailable (as at a construction site) or insufficient (as at special events).
What part of speech is portable toilet?
Portable toilet is a noun.
What is the plural of portable toilet?
The plural of portable toilet is portable toilets.

Words near portable toilet in the dictionary

  1. portable phones
  2. portable stove
  3. portable stoves
  4. portable telephone
  5. portable telephones
  6. portable toilet
  7. portable toilets
  8. portableness
  9. portables
  10. portably
  11. portacabin

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