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urinal Definition

uri·nal (yo̵orə nəl)

noun

  1. a portable receptacle used for urinating, esp. by the bedridden
  2. a place for urinating; specif., a fixture for use by men in urinating, esp. one installed in a men's restroom

Etymology: OFr < LL < urinalis, of urine < urina, urine

urinal Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • install: I wonder if I can get them to install a urinal down here now.
  • use: The second is to use an urinal for his physical needs.
  • have: Now usually they have smaller urinal bowls for the kids.
  • flush: The university uses the equivalent of a small reservoir of water each year; 20 million liters alone are used simply for flushing urinals.
  • include: These ' exhibits ' include night urinals, refuse pits and grease traps.
  • find: Such was my relief at finally finding a urinal - I decided to take a rest before making the trip back in.

Adjective modifier

  • waterless: Waterless Urinals: Use an insert that reacts with the pheremones in the urine to cancel out the smell.
  • female: Recent innovation has resulted in an increase in the number of female urinals on the market.
  • male: There is not a typical stand-up male urinal, or more than one toilet for females.
  • open: She only succeeds in blowing up the open air urinal in the town square.
  • public: The Emperor Vespasian is raising money for the treasury by placing a tax on public urinals ( approx 71 AD ).
  • only: You invest in the world's only flushable toddler urinal of course.

Modifies a noun

  • control: Urinal controls - ' keep ' em sweet ' Boys toilets can be very smelly places!
  • system: The AIR FLUSH ® urinal system is ideally suited to sites with multiple urinal bowls and very heavy usage.

Noun used with modifier

  • air: She only succeeds in blowing up the open air urinal in the town square.
  • toddler: You invest in the world's only flushable toddler urinal of course.
  • steel: At the end of the cubicles behind a wall is a stainless steel urinal.

Possessives

  • man: In Britain years ago one could see similar signs pointing to a men's urinal.
  • gents: A wall of lockers switches into doors, cupboards and even the gents ' urinal.

Preposition: for

  • woman: Abstract: Joan McIntosh describes the range of urinals for women available in the UK.
urinal Quotes

The phonographs of hades in the brain Are tunnels that re-wind themselves, and love A burnt match skating in a urinal.

—Crane, (Harold) Hart

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