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water-closet

water-closet is the alternative form of water closet.

Meaning of water closet

Noun

water closet (plural water closets)

  1. (Europe) A room containing a flush toilet.
  2. (UK) A flush toilet itself.
    Synonyms:
    big white telephone, bog, can, commode, crapper, crapper trapper, donniker, dunny, head, highway to hell
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, closet.

Forms of water-closet

pluralwater-closets

Questions about water-closet

What is water-closet the alternative form of?
Water-closet is the alternative form of water closet.

Words near water-closet in the dictionary

  1. water-butts
  2. water-carrier
  3. water-carriers
  4. water-carrying
  5. water-chat
  6. water-closet
  7. water-closets
  8. water-cooled
  9. water-cooler
  10. water-cooler chat
  11. water-cooler effect

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