noun / verb
toilet
TOY-lut/ˈtɔɪlət/
A fixture for disposing of bodily waste.
The toilet has a raised lid and a lowered seat.
Etymology
The “little cloth” became associated with a dressing-table cover, then with dressing itself and the dressing room. A room with an attached lavatory supplied the euphemistic shift to the waste-elimination room or fixture.
In context
someone upstairs is flushing the toilet and i can hear an echo throughout the entire house
More examples
- Please flush the toilet when you finish.
- The public toilets are just past the ticket counter.
- The aide toilets the patient before bedtime.
Forms
toilet · toilets · toileted · toileting
Similar words
- commode
- Often names a toilet, especially a portable bedside fixture.
- latrine
- Usually names a basic or shared facility, especially outdoors.