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
To use the toilet, or assist (a child etc) in using the toilet.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Toilet
Noun
Singular:
toiletPlural:
toiletsOrigin of Toilet
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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
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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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