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toilet bowl

toilet bowl noun: receptacle designed to receive the dejections of humans.

toilet bowl: receptacle designed to receive the dejections of humans
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Noun

toilet bowl (plural toilet bowls)

  1. Receptacle designed to receive the dejections of humans.
    • These days, toilet bowls are most often of porcelain; however, one can find some of stainless steel, and even of resin or polymers.

Forms of toilet bowl

pluraltoilet bowls

Origin of toilet bowl

From toilet + bowl.

Questions about toilet bowl

What does toilet bowl mean?
Toilet bowl means receptacle designed to receive the dejections of humans.
What part of speech is toilet bowl?
Toilet bowl is a noun.
What is the plural of toilet bowl?
The plural of toilet bowl is toilet bowls.

Words near toilet bowl in the dictionary

  1. toilet bags
  2. toilet block
  3. toilet blocks
  4. toilet book
  5. toilet books
  6. toilet bowl
  7. toilet bowls
  8. toilet break
  9. toilet breaks
  10. toilet brush
  11. toilet brushes

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