water closet
water closet
Definition
water closet
noun
toilet ()
water closet
Synonyms
water closet
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- have: Then when water came to the village we had water closets, but they're still outside.
- invent: While languishing at his estates at Kelston near Bristol and awaiting a return to royal favor, he invented the first water closet.
- install: In October 1997 the Appellants installed a water closet in room 15, connecting it to the existing drainage system, surrounded by curtains.
Preposition: for
- family: The houses certainly had their own water closets for the family although servants would have used the privy in the rear yard.
Adjective modifier
- separate: A washbasin shall be provided in each separate water closet together with its own supplies of hot and cold running water.
- first: First water closets, designed by Sir John Harrington, installed at the Queen's Palace, Richmond.
- new: A sports ground pavilion is to have a room provided for new water closets.
Modifies a noun
- compartment: These shall be located in or adjacent to the water closet compartments.
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