lavatories
Meaning of lavatories
- a room, building, or cubicle containing a toilet or toilets.
he locked himself in the downstairs lavatory
public lavatories
late Middle English: from late Latin lavatorium ‘place for washing’, from Latin lavare ‘to wash’. The word originally denoted something in which to wash, such as a bath or piscina, later (mid 17th century) a room with washing facilities; the current sense dates from the 19th century.
Information about lavatories
- It is a name.
- The singular form of lavatories is: lavatory.
- Languages in which lavatories is used:
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Hyphenation of lavatories
lava-to-ries
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- lavatories is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
lavatories synonyms
Meaning a fixed receptacle into which a person may urinate or defecate, typically consisting of a large bowl connected to a system for flushing away the waste into a sewer or septic tank:
Meaning a room containing a toilet and washbasin and typically also a bath or shower:
Meaning a place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose:
Meaning a bowl or other receptacle, typically attached to a wall in a public toilet, into which men may urinate:
Meaning a toilet located in a small shed outside a house or other building:
Meaning a toilet, especially a communal one in a camp or barracks:
Meaning a building such as a shed or barn that is built on to or in the grounds of a house:
Meaning a room in a public building where outdoor clothes or luggage may be left:
Meaning a room with washing and toilet facilities:
Meaning a piece of furniture containing a concealed chamber pot:
Meaning a public urinal:
Meaning the upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs:
Meaning a toilet:
Meaning an area of wet muddy ground that is too soft to support a heavy body:
Meaning a lavatory:
Meaning a ceremonial chair for a sovereign, bishop, or similar figure:
Meaning a primitive or makeshift toilet:
Meaning a toilet, especially an earth closet:
Meaning be able to:
Meaning an underground passage or cellar, especially in a tenement:
Meaning a toilet, especially an outdoor one:
Meaning a tall cupboard or wardrobe with a door, used for storage:
Meaning a toilet in a medieval building:
Meaning a person who urinates:
Anagrams of lavatories
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