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toilet

/ˈtɔɪ.lət/noun2 syllables

Toilet means: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination.

Synonyms for toilet30

noun, as in a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne

noun, as in a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom

noun, as in misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

gutter, sewer

noun, as in the act of dressing and preparing yourself

toilette

also used for toilet

facilities, half bath, half bathroom, cloakroom, big white telephone, bog, crapper trapper, donniker, dunny, head, highway to hell, jacks, jakes, khazi, latrine

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What does toilet mean?4

noun

1

a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

2

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

3

misfortune resulting in lost effort or money“his career was in the gutter”

4

the act of dressing and preparing yourself“he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Toilet in a sentence

  • A toilet is made for taking shit, not for smoking!Amastan
  • There is a toilet on the fourth floor, too.sundown
  • I hate doing the washing up, even more than cleaning the toilet.emptybook
  • That toilet brush belongs in the bathroom, not in the kitchen.Source_VOA
  • When you get out of the toilet, wash your hands.MessDjaaf
  • Towel racks, shower heads, and toilet-roll holders are bathroom accessories.Amastan
  • Items such as toilet paper, hand sanitizer and even eggs are hard to find.Hybrid
  • Strangely, toilet paper has suddenly become a hot commodity during the global pandemic.Mediabat

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of toilet

as a noun

plural
toilets