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toilet
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As a noun, toilet means a room or enclosed area containing a fixture used for urination and defecation (i.e. a toilet (sense 2)): a bathroom or water closet. As a verb, it means use (urinate or defecate in) a toilet.
Meanings of toilet
16 meaningsnoun
UKauA room or enclosed area containing a fixture used for urination and defecation (i.e. a toilet (sense 2)): a bathroom or water closet.
“Sorry, I was in the toilet.”
A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly one with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which uses water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system.
“My toilet backed up. Now the bathroom's flooded.”
figurativelyA very shabby or dirty place.
nzA small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation (i.e. a toilet (sense 2)) and sink but no bathtub or shower.
The act of dressing and preparing yourself
“he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast”
Similar: toilette
Older and rare meanings (6)
obsoleteA covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room.
obsoleteThe table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table.
now historicalarchaicPersonal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair.
now rarearchaicOne's style of dressing: dress, outfit.
archaicA dressing room.
obsoleteA chamber pot.
verb
To use (urinate or defecate in) a toilet.
To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.
Older and rare meanings (1)
datedTo dress and groom oneself.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).