Lavatory Definition

lăvə-tôrē
lavatories
noun
lavatories
A room equipped with a washbowl and flush toilet.
Webster's New World
A bowl or basin, esp. one with faucets and drainage, for washing the face and hands; washbowl.
Webster's New World
A flush toilet.
Webster's New World

(UK, New England) A toilet, a water closet.

Wiktionary
adjective
(dated) Washing, or cleansing by washing.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Lavatory

Noun

Singular:
lavatory
Plural:
lavatories

Origin of Lavatory

  • Middle English piscina from Late Latin lavātōrium from lavātor launderer from Latin lavāre to wash leu(ə)- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin as if *lavatorius, from Late Latin lavator (“a clothes washer"), from lavō (“wash"); see lave.

    From Wiktionary

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