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urinals

urinals is the plural of urinal.

Meaning of urinal

Noun

urinal (plural urinals)

  1. A device or fixture used for urination, particularly
    • This was the second time in the last few months that she was asked to install a urinal in a luxury residential project, and she said she knows many other designers and architects who have been specifying home urinals in their projects.2007 January 25, Suzanne Gannon, “For the High-End Bathroom, Something Unexpected”, in The New York Times
  2. (historical) A glass vial used for examining or storing urine.
  3. (obsolete) A chamber pot specially designed or considered as a device for urination.
  4. A device for urination worn or used by patients suffering urinary incontinence.
  5. A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.
    Synonyms:
    big white telephone, bog, can, commode, crapper, crapper trapper, donniker, dunny, head, highway to hell
  6. (obsolete) Any oblong glass vessel shaped like the old alchemist's urinal.

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Phrases with urinals

Questions about urinals

What is urinals the plural of?
Urinals is the plural of urinal.

Words near urinals in the dictionary

  1. urinal pucks
  2. urinal screen
  3. urinal screens
  4. urinalist
  5. urinalists
  6. urinals
  7. urinalyses
  8. urinalysis
  9. urinalyst
  10. urinalysts
  11. urinalytic

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