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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024toi•let /ˈtɔɪlɪt/USA pronunciation n. - [countable] a large bowl with a water-flushing device for getting rid of body wastes.
- [countable] a bathroom or washroom;
lavatory. - [uncountable] the act or process of grooming oneself.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024toi•let (toi′lit),USA pronunciation n. - a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination.
- a lavatory.
- a bathroom.
- See toilet bowl.
- a dressing room, esp. one containing a bath.
- the act or process of dressing or grooming oneself, including bathing and arranging the hair:to make one's toilet; busy at her toilet.
- See toilet set.
- the dress or costume of a person;
any particular costume:toilet of white silk. - [Surg.]the cleansing of a part after childbirth or a wound after an operation.
- Furniture[Archaic.]See dressing table.
- Idioms go down (or in ) the toilet, to become worthless or profitless;
be doomed:The team's entire season went down the toilet.
Also, toilette (for defs. 6, 8). - French toilette small cloth, doily, dressing table, equivalent. to toile toil2 + -ette -et
- 1530–40
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: toilet /ˈtɔɪlɪt/ n - another word for lavatory
- old-fashioned the act of dressing and preparing oneself
- old-fashioned a dressing table or the articles used when making one's toilet
- rare costume
- the cleansing of a wound, etc, after an operation or childbirth
Etymology: 16th Century: from French toilette dress, from toile |