Bathroom

Quick meaning: Bathroom is a noun meaning A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.

Meaning

A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.

More Meanings

1. (medicine, transitive) To assist a patient with using the toilet and general personal hygiene.
2. (chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, Australia, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.

Example Sentences

I wash in the bathroom.

Most Americans don't know 'WC' and many Brits mock 'bathroom' but almost everyone understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.

Although there was a cloakroom on the ground floor, the Old Rectory had only one bathroom, a defect which necessitated embarrassed, low-voiced enquiries before anyone upset their carefully worked-out rota by taking an unexpected bath.

“down this ‘ere little stair–mind your ‘ead, mum–everythink is modern, put in by Mr. Noakes w’en ‘e took to lettin’ for the summer.” ”A bathroom?” asked Harriet hopefully. ”Well, no, m’lady, not a bath'''room,” replied Mrs. Ruddle, as though that were too much to expect, “but everythink else is quite modern as you’ll find–only requirin’ to be pumped up night and morning in the scullery.”

Word Forms

• bathrooms
• bath room
• bath-room
• bathrooming
• bathroomed

Synonyms for bathroom

Depending on context, synonyms include latrine, necessarium, toilet, toilet room, urinal, WC.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lav, toilet, lavatory, bath, privy, facility.

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