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toilets

toilets is the plural of toilet.

toilets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of toilet.

Meaning of toilet

Noun

toilet (plural toilets)

  1. (Australia, Hong-Kong, India, UK) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
    • Sorry, I was in the toilet.
    Synonyms:
    facilities
    1. (Australia, Hong-Kong, India, New Zealand, UK) A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation and sink but no bathtub or shower.
  2. A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly one with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which uses water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system.
    • My toilet got clogged. Now the bathroom's flooded.
  3. (figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place.
    • Look around you. It's a toilet.1982, The Mosquito Coast
  4. (obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room.
  5. (obsolete) The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table.
    • And now, unveil’d, the toilet stands display’d, / Each silver vase in mystic order laid.1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto I, lines 121-126

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Phrases with toilets

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Questions about toilets

What is toilets the plural of?
Toilets is the plural of toilet.

Words near toilets in the dictionary

  1. toiletry
  2. toiletry bag
  3. toiletry bags
  4. toiletry kit
  5. toiletry kits
  6. toilets
  7. toilette
  8. toiletted
  9. toilettes
  10. toiletting
  11. toiletty

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