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lavatory Definition

lava·tory (lavə tôr′ē)

noun pl. -·ries

  1. Now Rare a bowl or basin, esp. one with faucets and drainage, for washing the face and hands; washbowl
    1. a room equipped with a washbowl and flush toilet; toilet
    2. Chiefly Brit. a flush toilet

Etymology: LL lavatorium < L lavare, to wash: see lave

lavatory Synonyms

lavatory

n.

lavatory Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • flush: The water is then recycled and used for flushing the lavatories.
  • visit: Email NOW - CHANGE YOUR LIFE Remember MONEY BACK GUARANTEE Do you visit the lavatory more than once a night?
  • use: The secret is: don't use the lavatory within 20 miles of a city.
  • have: He said they had a tippler lavatory out in the yard.
  • provide: The Community ICT Center has to provide separate lavatories, for example, and suitable car parking for users.

Adjective modifier

  • disused: PT gear to be stored in a cupboard in the disused lavatory at the entrance.
  • outside: For instance, we will invest £ 30 million to ensure that within 12 months, no child has to use an outside lavatory.
  • public: Everyone on the planet must have used a public lavatory at some point in their life.
  • accessible: An accessible lavatory is available in the State Rooms.
  • disabled: Within the Festival of Speed site there are disabled lavatories in various locations.
  • separate: A shower room and separate lavatory are on the first floor.

Modifies a noun

  • cistern: There then follows the title sequence proper for The Filth, which features Inspector Drury collecting a bribe hidden in a lavatory cistern.
  • attendant: His reply was: " I would have got the job of lavatory attendant; maybe today I would have been a superintendent.
  • bowl: Visitors are told to never, ever put toilet paper down the lavatory bowl.
  • pan: Marks have vanished in basins and lavatory pans and glasses dry without water marks.
  • basin: Vomiting from the drugs, he had hit his head on the lavatory basin.
  • seat: No detail is missed ­ from towel warmer to white cotton robes to walnut lavatory seat.

Noun used with modifier

  • downstairs: There is a large utility room housing the washing machine and drier, freezer, a second fridge, and a downstairs lavatory.
  • lady: Baby changing may be done in the ladies lavatory.
  • school: A stock example is that school lavatories are capital spending; more money for science teachers is current spending.

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