Lavatory

Word LAVATORY
Character 8
Hyphenation lav a to ry
Pronunciations /ˈlæv.ə.təɹ.i/

Definitions and meanings of "Lavatory"

What do we mean by lavatory?

A room equipped with washing and often toilet facilities; a bathroom. noun

A washbowl or basin, especially one permanently installed with running water. noun

A flush toilet. noun

The ceremonial washing of the hands of the priest in the celebration of the holy communion. noun

In plumbing, a permanent wash-bowl of marble, enameled iron, or porcelain, fitted with hot and cold-water pipes, a waste-pipe, and other conveniences and fixtures. It may be affixed to a wall or stand upon the floor. noun

A room, especially in a hotel or public building, provided with means for washing the hands and face, and often including a water-closet. noun

Washing, or cleansing by washing.

A room or place for washing, or where anything is washed. noun

A sort of concave stone table upon which, in the middle ages, dead bodies were washed before burial, in monasteries, hospitals, and elsewhere. noun

In medicine, a wash or lotion for a diseased part. noun

A place for washing. noun

A basin or other vessel for washing in. noun

A wash or lotion for a diseased part. noun

A place where gold is obtained by washing. noun

A room containing one or more sinks for washing, as well as one or more toilet fixtures; also called bathroom, toilet, and sometimes commode. Commode and toilet may refer to a room with only a toilet fixture, but without a sink. noun

Washing, or cleansing by washing. adjective

A bathroom; a washroom; a room containing a toilet. noun

A facility for washing hands; a basin. noun

A toilet, a water closet. noun

A room or building equipped with one or more toilets noun

A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly:

Handwashing, particularly

A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse.

A washroom: a room used for washing the face and hands.

A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK).

A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.

A place to wash clothes: a laundry.

A place where gold is panned.

A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Lavatory

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The word "lavatory" in example sentences

The midcabin lavatory is closer, but I’ve got time to kill, so I turn and pick my way back among the crammed seats. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The lavatory is also very nice, a serene expanse of cool white that nicely offsets the busy detail of the tile. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It has a capacity for 4 passengers in its normal configuration, but it can carry up to 6 passengers if the lavatory is removed. ❋ Michael James (2008)

A lavatory is commonly called a wash basin, some types of valves are called stops. ❋ Unknown (2004)

I must accompany her into a little pavilion covered in a green trellis, not unlike one of the disused toll-houses of old Paris, in which had recently been installed what in England they call a lavatory but in France, by an ill-informed piece of anglomania, ‘water-closets.’ ❋ Unknown (2003)

"Please allow me to tender my most profound apologies for intruding so clumsily on your private grief, and to escort you to, er, or rather, direct you to the, well, what I can only in the circumstances call the lavatory, which is out of the tent and on the left." ❋ Adams, Douglas, 1952- (1988)

30 - 1525 Magdalene Swart (56) physique found by son in lavatory upon camp nearby Rustenburg, NW ❋ Admin (2009)

30 - 1525 Magdalene Swart (56) body found by son in lavatory upon camp nearby Rustenburg, NW ❋ Admin (2009)

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