toilet
A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
Noun 3 meanings
A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
“Sorry, I was in the toilet.”
A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly one with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which uses water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system.
“My toilet got clogged. Now the bathroom's flooded.”
A very shabby or dirty place.
Verb 3 meanings
To dress and groom oneself.
To use (urinate or defecate in) a toilet.
To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.
Etymology
From Middle French toilette, diminutive of toile (“cloth”), from their use to protect clothing while shaving or arranging hair. From its use as a private room, toilet came to refer euphemistically to lavatories and then to its fixtures, beginning in the United States in the late 19th century.
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TOILET at a glance
TOILET has 6 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (T 1 + O 1 + I 1 + L 1 + E 1 + T 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,195 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with toilet
All rhymesOne letter away
- TOILED7
- TOILER6
- TOILES6
- TONLET6
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