noun
urinal
YUR-in-l/ˈjʊrɪnl/
A receptacle designed to be urinated into.
The restroom has a urinal mounted next to the toilet.
Etymology
The pieces mean “relating to urine,” but the noun originally named a glass vessel for collecting urine for medical inspection. Its meaning broadened to a chamber pot and then to the men's bathroom fixture.
In context
You finish peeing, you're at the urinal you zip up
More examples
- The nurse places a portable urinal within the patient's reach.
- A divider separates the two urinals.
- This waterless urinal does not need flushing.
Forms
urinal · urinals
urine noun — Liquid waste produced by the kidneys.
urinate verb — To release urine from the body.
Similar words
- toilet
- Receives solid bodily waste as well as urine.
- bedpan
- Holds urine or solid waste from someone confined to bed.