Sekirov Dictionary

toilet

/ˈtɔɪ.lət/

noun 11
verb 3
forms 5
phrases 3

noun11

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a bowl with a seat, used for passing waste from the body and washing it away with water
- My toilet got clogged. Now the bathroom's flooded.
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(UK, Australia) 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.
(UK, Australia) A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation and sink but no bathtub or shower.
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(disapproving, figurative) A very shabby or dirty place.
- Look around you. It's a toilet. — 1982
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(offensive) A woman.
- I’m not interested in toilets and I don’t think a gf [Girlfriend] is needed to live a fulfilling life. — 2021
(no longer used) A chamber pot.
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(no longer used) Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair.
- Against that short evening her toilet was consulted the whole day […]. — 1791
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(no longer used) 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
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(no longer used) One's style of dressing: dress, outfit.
- It is so painful in you, Celia, that you will look at human beings as if they were merely animals with a toilette, and never see the great soul in a man's face. — 1871
(no longer used) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room.
(no longer used) A dressing room.

verb3

To use (urinate or defecate in) a toilet.
To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.
(old-fashioned) To dress and groom oneself.

forms

toileted · toiletted · toileting · toiletting · toilets

Phrases with toilet

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