toilet
(tɔɪlət )
Word forms: toilets
1. countable noun A1
A toilet is a large bowl with a seat, or a platform with a hole, which is connected to a water system and which you use when you want to get rid of urine or faeces from your body.
She made Tina flush the pills down the toilet.
Synonyms: lavatory, bathroom, loo [British, informal], bog [slang]
2. countable noun A1 regional note: in AM, use bathroom, rest room
A toilet is a room in a house or public building that contains a toilet. [British]
Annette ran and locked herself in the toilet.
Fred never uses public toilets.
3. go to the toilet phrase A2
You can say that someone goes to the toilet to mean that they get rid of waste substances from their body, especially when you want to avoid using words that you think may offend people. [mainly British]
regional note: in AM, usually use go to the bathroom Vocabulary Builder
BATHROOM wash-hand basin mirror shower toilet towel rail tap cabinet bidet shower screen bath Collocations:
public toilet
The professor cautions against placing your phone on grubby surfaces, such as a stained bar or next to a sink in a public toilet.
The Sun (2010)
People used the ship's public toilets as they couldn't use the ones in their rooms.
The Sun (2014)
He also wants to cut vet fees and save public toilets from extinction.
The Sun (2014)
Translations:
Chinese: 抽水马桶
Japanese: トイレ
- spiritual hunger
- spiritual ideal
- spiritual insight
- spiritualism
- spiritualist
- spirituality
- spiritual journey
- spiritual leader
- spiritual leadership
- spiritual life
- spiritual longing
- spiritually
- spiritual mentor
- spiritual nature
- spiritual needs
- spiritual nourishment
- spiritual path
- spiritual poverty
- spiritual power
- spiritual progress
- spiritual purity
- spiritual quest
- spiritual reality
- spiritual realm
- spiritual reflection