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restroom

/ˈɹɛstˌɹum/

restroom noun: a room containing a public toilet: a public lavatory.

Noun

restroom (plural restrooms)

  1. (Philippines, US, euphemistic) A room containing a public toilet: a public lavatory.
    • Could you tell me where I can find the restroom?
  2. (archaic, dated) A room (usually in a public building or workplace) set aside for rest and relaxation; breakroom.

restroom meaning in Urdu, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian

restroom in Urdu

public room containing a toilet
جائے ضرور jā-e-zarūr, بیت الخلاء bait-al-xalā', حاجت گاہ hājat-gāh, صحت خانہ sehat-xāna, مستراح mustarāh, پا خانہ pā-xāna

restroom in Arabic

public room containing a toilet
حُجْرَة التُوَالِيت, حَمَّام ḥammām

restroom in Malay

public room containing a toilet
tandas, bilik air

restroom in Indonesian

public room containing a toilet
kamar mandi

Examples of restroom in a sentence

  • Where's the restroom? My back teeth are floating!
  • The women's sleeping quarters are on the left side of the dormitory, the men's are on the right; gender-neutral restrooms are located in the middle.
  • I've known cisgender women who were kicked out of restrooms by transvestigators.

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Synonyms of restroom

Forms of restroom

pluralrestrooms
alternative formrest-room
alternative formrest room

Plural of restroom: restrooms

Origin of restroom

From rest + room, from an earlier sense of "breakroom".

Words formed from restroom

Phrases with restroom

Questions about restroom

What does restroom mean?
Restroom means a room containing a public toilet: a public lavatory.
What is restroom in Urdu?
Restroom in Urdu is جائے ضرور (jā-e-zarūr), بیت الخلاء (bait-al-xalā'), حاجت گاہ (hājat-gāh). See Restroom meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is restroom?
Restroom is a noun.
How do you pronounce restroom?
Restroom is pronounced /ˈɹɛstˌɹum/ (US).
What is the plural of restroom?
The plural of restroom is restrooms.

Words near restroom in the dictionary

  1. restroke
  2. restroked
  3. restrokes
  4. restroking
  5. Restronguet Passage
  6. restroom
  7. restrooms
  8. restrove
  9. restrs.
  10. restruck
  11. restructurability

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