toilette

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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