bathroom

Plural: bathrooms

Noun

• A room containing a toilet and a bath or shower.
• a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
• a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
• A room containing a shower and/or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
• A lavatory (area where one washes or bathes): a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.

Verb

• To assist a patient with using the toilet and general personal hygiene.

Examples

• He played BATHROOM to clear his rack and flush out the competition.
• Most Americans don't know 'WC' and many Brits mock 'bathroom' but almost everyone understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.

Synonyms

bath, can, john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet, House of Lords, WC, bathroom, bog, bogger, brasco, carsey, cloaca, closet, closet of decency, closet of ease, cludgie, cottage, crapper, dike, dunny, facilities, geography, house of office, jacks, jacques, jakes, johnny, karzy, khazi, kocay, ladies and gentlemen, latrine, lats, lavabo, lavvy, loo, necessarium, necessary, necessary place, necessary room, neddy, netty, office, office of ease, place, potty, purging place, restroom, shield, shitter, siege, six, small room, smallest room, teahouse, tearoom, throne room, thunderbox, toilet room, urinal, urination station, usual offices, vault, wardrobe, washroom, water closet, withdraught

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