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water closet Definition

water closet

noun

toilet ()

water closet Synonyms

water closet

n.

lavatory, privy, john*; see toilet 2.

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.