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(dated) A container used for urinating or defecating when it is impossible or inconvenient to go to a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences, particularly those without an indoor toilet or bathroom..
Use slop-basin when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Slop-basin means (dated) A container used for urinating or defecating when it is impossible or inconvenient to go to a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences, particularly those without an indoor toilet or bathroom..
Common synonyms include bedpan, slop-jar, slop-bowl, slop-pail.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use slop-basin where its definition matches the intended context.
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