Toilet Definition

toilĭt
toilets
noun
toilets
A room or booth containing such an apparatus.
American Heritage Medicine
The process of dressing or grooming oneself, esp., of dressing one's hair.
Webster's New World
Such a fixture, usually with a hinged seat and seat cover, having a device for flushing with water or, sometimes, a chemical solution, which is held in an attached tank.
Webster's New World
A dressing table.
Webster's New World
Toilette; dress; attire; costume.
Webster's New World
adjective
Of or for dressing or grooming oneself.
Toilet articles.
Webster's New World

For a toilet.

A toilet brush.
Webster's New World
verb

(dated) To dress and groom oneself.

Wiktionary
To use the toilet, or assist (a child etc) in using the toilet.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Toilet

Noun

Singular:
toilet
Plural:
toilets

Origin of Toilet

  • French toilette piece of cloth for wrapping up a bundle of clothes, items used for personal grooming, toilette, dressing table, toilet (by euphemism) from Old French tellette piece of cloth for wrapping up a bundle of clothes diminutive of teile cloth toil2

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

  • From French toilette (“small cloth,") diminutive of toile (“cloth"); a cloth used to protect garments when making up the hair or shaving.

    From Wiktionary

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