urinal
urinal
Definition
uri·nal (yo̵or′ə nəl)
noun
- a portable receptacle used for urinating, esp. by the bedridden
- 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.
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