lavatory
Plural: lavatories
Noun
- A room with a toilet and facilities for washing.
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
- a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it
- A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly
- A vessel or fixture for washing
- A laver: a washbasin.
- A vessel or fixture for washing
- A bathtub.
- A vessel or fixture for washing
- A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels.
- A vessel or fixture for washing
- A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist.
- A vessel or fixture for washing
- A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins.
- A vessel or fixture for washing
- A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
- Handwashing as an act, particularly
- Handwashing as an act, particularly
- The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist.
- Handwashing as an act, particularly
- The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.
- A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse.
- A washroom: a room used for washing the face and hands.
- A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK).
- A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
- A place to wash clothes: a laundry.
- A place where gold is panned.
- A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid.
Adj
- Washing, or cleansing by washing.
Examples
- Americans don't know 'WC' and Brits mock 'bathroom' but everyone usually understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.
- He briefly considered playing ’LAVATORY’ but opted for a shorter, higher-scoring word instead.
- Their 'bathroom' included a toilet and a lavatory but no bath.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lavatorie, from Late Latin lavātōrium, from Latin lavāre (“to wash”) + -ium (forming places related to an activity). As a place to pan gold, via Spanish lavadero. Doublet of lavatorium and laver. See also lave.
Synonyms
basin, bathroom, can, flush toilet, john, lav, privy, toilet, washbasin, washbowl, washstand, sink
Scrabble Score: 14
lavatory: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlavatory: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lavatory: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary