toilettoi‧let /ˈtɔɪlɪt/ ●●● S2 noun 
[countable] a large bowl that you sit on to get rid of waste liquid or waste matter from your body: 
He flushed the toilet (=pulled the handle so that water ran into the toilet to clean it).2[countable] British English a room or building containing a toilet SYN bathroom, restroom American English: public toilets3go to the toilet especially British English to pass waste liquid or waste matter from your body: Mummy, I need to go to the toilet!4[uncountable] old-fashioned the act of washing and dressing yourself: She finished her toilet.COLLOCATIONSverbsgo to the toilet (also use the toilet especially British English)· He got up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night.need the toilet British English (=need to use the toilet)· Does anyone need the toilet before we set off?flush the toilet (=make water go through it to clean it)· I heard someone flush the toilet.adjectivesa public toilet especially British English· He set off across the square in search of a public toilet.a disabled toilet British English (=one for disabled people)· Is there a disabled toilet?an outside toilet (=one that is outside a house, not in it)· The house was small, with no hot water and an outside toilet.an indoor toilet· Many cottages lacked a bathroom or indoor toilet.toilet + NOUNtoilet facilities· Toilet facilities are available at the bus station.the toilet seat· He always left the toilet seat up.the toilet bowl· She was scrubbing the toilet bowl.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘go to toilet’. Say go to the toilet.THESAURUStoilet British English a room with a toilet in it, in someone’s house or in a public place: · He locked himself in the toilet.· the public toiletsbathroom a room with a toilet in it, in someone’s house. In British English, bathroom is used especially when you want to be polite. In American English, it is the usual word to use: · He asked to use the bathroom.restroom American English a room in a public place that has one or more toilets in it: · She went into the store to use the restroom.lavatory formal a room with a toilet in it. In American English lavatory is used mainly for toilets in a public building or on a plane. In British English it is used both about public toilets and toilets in people’s houses: · public lavatories· He didn’t have time to visit the lavatory.loo British English informal, john American English informal a room with a toilet in it. Loo is very common in everyday spoken British English: · ‘Where’s Chris?’ ‘He’s in the loo.’· Can I use your loo?· Where’s the john?bog British English informal a very informal word for a toilet, which is not considered polite: · The nearest bog was miles away.the ladies British English, the ladies’ room American English a public toilet for women: · Where’s the ladies?· I need to go to the ladies’ room.the gents British English, the men’s room American English a public toilet for men: · I followed him into the gents.· I’ve got to go to the men’s room. Excuse me.latrine an outdoor toilet in a camp or military area: · The latrines were in a shocking state.urinal a type of toilet for men that is attached to a wall: · He was standing at the urinal.potty a bowl that babies use as a toilet: · Does he need his potty?commode a chair with a bowl in it, used as a toilet, especially in hospitals and homes for old people: · She has to use a commode.bedpan a container which is used as a toilet, especially in hospitals by people who are too ill or weak to get out of bed: · I had to change the bedpans.
WORD ORIGINtoilet
Origin:
1500-1600 French toilette ‘cloth put around the shoulders while arranging the hair or shaving, toilette, toilet’, from toile ‘net, cloth’, from Latin tela ‘something woven’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- "Where's the toilet?" "Downstairs on the right."
- Pat refuses to use the public toilets in this country because they are always so dirty.
- There's a huge queue in the ladies' toilets.
- And a pair of slightly raised footrests were positioned for comfortably squatting over the low toilet bowl.
- In a few instances, community education buildings have been adapted with deaf-loops, ramps, toilets, and stair lifts.
- It has inadequate parking and only very limited toilet facilities.
- They also found $ 9, 200 in cash, $ 5, 000 of that in a toilet tank.
THESAURUS
British English a room with a toilet in it, in someone’s house or in a public place: · He locked himself in the toilet.· the public toilets
a room with a toilet in it, in someone’s house. In British English, bathroom is used especially when you want to be polite. In American English, it is the usual word to use: · He asked to use the bathroom.
American English a room in a public place that has one or more toilets in it: · She went into the store to use the restroom.
formal a room with a toilet in it. In American English lavatory is used mainly for toilets in a public building or on a plane. In British English it is used both about public toilets and toilets in people’s houses: · public lavatories· He didn’t have time to visit the lavatory.
British English informal, john American English informal a room with a toilet in it. Loo is very common in everyday spoken British English: · ‘Where’s Chris?’ ‘He’s in the loo.’· Can I use your loo?· Where’s the john?
British English informal a very informal word for a toilet, which is not considered polite: · The nearest bog was miles away.
British English, the ladies’ room American English a public toilet for women: · Where’s the ladies?· I need to go to the ladies’ room.
British English, the men’s room American English a public toilet for men: · I followed him into the gents.· I’ve got to go to the men’s room. Excuse me.
an outdoor toilet in a camp or military area: · The latrines were in a shocking state.
a type of toilet for men that is attached to a wall: · He was standing at the urinal.
a bowl that babies use as a toilet: · Does he need his potty?
a chair with a bowl in it, used as a toilet, especially in hospitals and homes for old people: · She has to use a commode.
a container which is used as a toilet, especially in hospitals by people who are too ill or weak to get out of bed: · I had to change the bedpans.
Longman Language Activatora toilet/rest room British a room containing a toilet: · "Where's the toilet?" "Downstairs on the right."men's/women's/ladies' toilets: · There's a huge queue in the ladies' toilets.public toilets: · Pat refuses to use the public toilets in this country because they are always so dirty.
a toilet, especially in someone's house: · The bathroom is next to Jack's room.· "Can I use your bathroom?" "Sure, go ahead."
British informal /john American informal a toilet: · Where's the loo?· Tony's in the john. He'll be back in a minute.· It's a good pub, but the bogs are terrible!
American the toilets in a public place: · Do you have restrooms here?· There's no paper in the washroom.
British /the men's room American the men's toilets in a public place: · Can you tell me where the men's room is please?· "Where's Kevin?" "He went to the gents."
British /the ladies' room American the women's toilets in a public place: · Wait for me outside. I'm going to the ladies.· The ladies' room is just around the corner.
formal a toilet: · Even the lavatory was luxurious, with a marble interior and soft, white hand towels. public lavatory: · The public lavatories are situated on the other side of the beach.
especially British, written a toilet - used especially in written information about buildings: · All our holiday apartments have a double bedroom, small kitchen, bathroom, and WC.
to use the toilet · Mummy! I want to go to the toilet.· Hang on a minute - I'm just going to the loo.· I thought you went to the bathroom before we left.
to go to the toilet - used humorously by women to avoid saying this directly: · You get the drinks in - I'll just go and powder my nose.
WORD SETSadjoin, verbalcove, nounantechamber, nounanteroom, nounapartment block, nounapse, nounarcade, nounart gallery, nounatrium, nounattic, nounauditorium, nounawning, nounback door, nounback-to-back, nounbailey, nounbalcony, nounbalustrade, nounbanister, nounbarn, nounbasilica, nounbastion, nounbay window, nounblock, nounbrownstone, nounbungalow, nounbunkhouse, nounbyre, nouncabin, nouncampanile, nouncanteen, nouncarport, nouncasement, nouncastle, nounceiling, nouncellar, nouncentre, nounchalet, nounchamber, nounchancel, nounchanging room, nounchateau, nounchimney, nounchimney breast, nounchimney pot, nounchimney stack, nouncladding, nounclerk of works, nouncloakroom, nouncloister, nounclubhouse, nouncoatroom, nouncocktail lounge, nouncolonnade, nouncolumn, nouncommon room, nouncomplex, nouncompound, nounconcourse, nouncondominium, nounconservatory, nounconvent, nouncoping, nouncornerstone, nouncorn exchange, nouncorridor, nouncottage, nouncountry house, nouncountry seat, nouncourthouse, nouncowshed, noundado, noundance hall, noundetached, adjectivedoor, noundoorpost, noundormer, nounedifice, nounentry, nounentryway, nounestate, nounestate agent, nounextension, nouneyrie, nounfacade, nounfallout shelter, nounfamily room, nounfarmhouse, nounfire door, nounfire escape, nounfire station, nounfitment, nounfixture, nounflatlet, nounflight, nounfloor, nounfolly, nounforecourt, nounfort, nounfortress, nounfoyer, nounfrontage, nounfront room, nounfuneral home, noungable, noungabled, adjectivegargoyle, noungrandstand, noungrange, noungranny flat, noungrille, nounground floor, nounguardhouse, nounguesthouse, nounguildhall, noungutter, nounguttering, noungym, noungymnasium, nounhabitation, nounhall, nounhallway, nounhatch, nounhatchway, nounhayloft, nounhealth centre, nounhigh-rise, adjectivehospice, nounhospital, nounlaboratory, nounlanding, nounleaded lights, nounlean-to, nounledge, nounlightning conductor, nounlintel, nounlobby, nounlodge, nounloft, nounlog cabin, nounlounge, nounlouvre, nounmaisonette, nounmezzanine, nounmilking parlour, nounmoving staircase, nounmullion, nounnave, nounniche, nounoast house, nounobelisk, nounoffice building, nounoratory, nounoutbuilding, nounouthouse, nounoverhang, nounparapet, nounparty wall, nounpediment, nounpenthouse, nounperistyle, nounpicture window, nounpilaster, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplatform, nounplumber, nounplumbing, nounpodium, nounpoint, verbPortakabin, nounpotting shed, nounpresbytery, nounpress gallery, nounprivy, nounpublic convenience, nounpyramid, nounrafter, nounrail, nounrampart, nounribbon development, nounrotunda, nounsanctuary, nounschoolhouse, nounscience park, nounsepulchre, nounservice charge, nounshack, nounshed, nounshop front, nounskylight, nounskyscraper, nounsliding door, nounsmokestack, nounsmoking room, nounspiral staircase, nounspire, nounsports centre, nounstack, nounstadium, nounstair, nounstaircase, nounstairway, nounstairwell, nounstall, nounstately home, nounstateroom, nounstation, nounsteeple, nounstep, nounstonework, nounstoop, nounstoreroom, nounstorm cellar, nounstory, nounstudio, nountenement, nountepee, nounterrace, nountheatre, nountoilet, nountool shed, nountower block, nountown hall, nountownhouse, nountransept, nountransom, nountrapdoor, nountreasury, nounturret, nounvault, nounvaulted, adjectivevaulting, nounventilator, nounvestibule, nounvilla, nounwalkway, nounwall, nounwatchtower, nounwater tower, nounweatherboard, nounwedding chapel, nounwing, nounwoodshed, nounworkhouse, nounworkroom, nounworkshop, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs She flushed the rest of her drink down the toilet.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
(also use the toilet especially British English)· He got up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night.
British English (=need to use the toilet)· Does anyone need the toilet before we set off?
(=make water go through it to clean it)· I heard someone flush the toilet.
adjectives especially British English· He set off across the square in search of a public toilet.
British English (=one for disabled people)· Is there a disabled toilet?
(=one that is outside a house, not in it)· The house was small, with no hot water and an outside toilet.
· Many cottages lacked a bathroom or indoor toilet.
toilet + NOUN· Toilet facilities are available at the bus station.
· He always left the toilet seat up.
· She was scrubbing the toilet bowl.
COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘go to toilet’. Say go to the toilet.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=for carrying your soap, toothpaste, shampoo etc)· I left my sponge bag in the hotel bathroom.
(=for physically disabled people)
She flushed the rest of her drink down the toilet.· Then our ash closets were exchanged for flush toilets.· Soon the Presleys will know the whoosh of flush toilets and the squish of carpet underneath bare feet.· Rebus had the same smile as when he'd repossessed the Hotel Oscar Tango X-Ray and its flush toilets.· There are 11 tent / recreational vehicle sites but no showers, flush toilets or boat ramp.· As well as a beautiful polished brass fire it has central heating, a shower and a flush toilet.· Again, no showers or flush toilets.· Thus, in the bowels of the flush toilet we see the archetype for all autonomous mechanical creatures.· The facility has showers and flush toilets.
· Inside it was overcrowded and primitive, with no hot water and an outside toilet.· But by that time, he was paralytic and stayed in the outside toilet underneath the overhead railway.· Local inhabitants recall that thistles used to be placed down the outside school toilets before the unsuspecting used them!· After 12 years of Tory rule, little toddlers must still run across playgrounds to get to outside toilets.· We had an outside toilet and one cold water tap.
· There were portable toilets at the Super Bowl at Stanford in 1985, which was a sellout.
· I was unable to use the public toilets since I was told I was in the wrong one whichever I went to.· It turns the fan at a public toilet on an uninhabited island in Boston Harbor.· There will be a tree lined pedestrianised square, new public toilets, pedestrian crossings and an open space for special events.· Rats, moles, and household pets were implicated. Public toilets and drinking fountains were suspected.· But the pressure in his bladder was growing, and he set off across the square in search of a public toilet.· Drivers got changed in the public toilets or the back of the truck.· Also, lifts that are open to all and sundry seem to be readily vandalised or used as public toilets.· Raising cash to spend a penny A CO-OPERATIVE of local councils could help reopen Langbaurgh's public toilets, a councillor claims.
NOUN· He found what he was looking for in the toilet bag, crammed alongside the toothpaste and shaving gear.
· Creed dumped his half-smoked cigarette into the toilet bowl and took off his sweatshirt.· And a pair of slightly raised footrests were positioned for comfortably squatting over the low toilet bowl.· She hit him and he held her head in the toilet bowl while eating tomatoes on toast.· For the first few weeks I was seldom off the toilet bowl myself.
· It has inadequate parking and only very limited toilet facilities.· The carrousel therefore contained the kitchen, dining, washing, and toilet facilities.· This was followed by Station facilities at Pant with its cafeteria, licensed restaurant shop and toilet facilities plus local workshops.· Public disabled toilet facilities are available at a wide variety of places within York.· Each unit has kitchen and toilet facilities, together with lighting, heating and three-compartment skirting trucking for maximum flexibility.· A system which allowed electronic unlocking of cells so that they could use shared toilet facilities seemed preferable to most.· Bullingdon will house 635 prisoners, many in single cells, all with toilet facilities, ending slopping-out.· As for toilet facilities, I have an earth closet so the lack of water does not affect that side of things.
· Clean the bottom of the pan carefully as well as the seat, floor, etc with toilet paper or paper towels.· Whoever had the toilet paper to wear over the weekend must be steamed.· Books had long since been recycled into toilet paper and what have you.· And that one problem was that there was no toilet paper fit for a king in the whole kingdom by the sea.· Perhaps the availability of soft toilet paper will afford them some comfort.· Not to mention 20 rolls of toilet paper and five air fresheners.· The till girl drops a few non-essential items, like initialled and scented toilet paper into a reject box.
· Not a piece of sticky-back plastic, a toilet roll or a Blue Peter badge in sight!· Also provide a cover for the pan, towel, toilet roll and tissues.· Her elder son's wife was a long-standing irritant, like an ill-perforated toilet roll.· One was made using a toilet roll.· Nathan gets and goes off in search of somewhere quiet, clutching a toilet roll and anxious anticipations.· I suggest that the present handicap system should be printed on a couple of toilet rolls and used accordingly!· But I see they opened a new toilet roll.· You are simply not supposed to clap, in the same way as you are not meant to throw toilet rolls.
· He somehow couldn't connect music like that with a load of old toilet rolls.· And Zoya said she had got hold of the toilet rolls, and would bring them for Anna.· Fergus's hands dropped the key and the toilet rolls, grabbed Fiona's bum.· Housewives started panic buying of toilet rolls.· I suggest that the present handicap system should be printed on a couple of toilet rolls and used accordingly!· You are simply not supposed to clap, in the same way as you are not meant to throw toilet rolls.
· The laundry is a space won from the two bathrooms by making use of spare space beside the toilet seats.· That fact hardly caught the military brass stooped over $ 1, 000 toilet seats with their britches down.· Supermarkets sell a bewildering range of anti-bacterial wipes for everything from toilet seats to train handles.· There was a wet towel on the toilet seat.· It is all over the toilet seat and the floor.· These then made their way into the house through the toilet seats, which are not designed to be airtight.· Disinfect the toilet seat, toilet handle or chain, and door handle regularly.· He lowered himself on to the toilet seat and jumped down on to the floor.
· Buy products made with recycled paper or plastic,such as bin liners, toilet tissue or kitchen paper.· So does toilet tissue, which makes you wonder where a book is being read.· Author Kevin Wilkins once worked in a factory near his home town of Barrow-in-Furness where he tested the quality of toilet tissue.· Fort Sterling has recently introduced toilet tissue and paper towels made from 100 percent recycled paper.
· However, toilet training took second place to skill with weapons or natural aggression.· A developmental progression of toilet training emerges during the first four years of life.· Laxness or inconsistency by the parents in toilet training needs to be understood and discussed with them.· Inconsistencies can be very confusing for young children and conflicting attitudes over toilet training and discipline can lead to frustration and unhappiness.· Life events can be developmental in nature: weaning, toilet training and puberty are examples that characterise all people's lives.· Toileting is a reflex, so they have to be taught control through a programme of toilet training.· This stems, he said, from a child's early toilet training.· Fixation at this stage may result if toilet training is too harsh and demanding or is begun too early or too late.
· Lilac toilet water; orange flower water.· Emmie opened a drawer, found a handkerchief and tipped a little of the toilet water on to it.· Instead of getting on with the business of making toilet water, he spent his time on the racecourse and worse.
VERB· Get cleaning bucket and powder and disinfectant from the broom cupboard. Clean the toilets, male and female.· We suggest they allow him to clean the toilets.
· After breakfast, I go out to the toilet and get dressed and Marie gets dressed in the room.· The old man got up to go to the toilet again.· I really needed to go to the toilet, but that meant walking past them on to the other side of the hall.· One excused himself and went off to the toilet.· I couldn't be bothered to go to the toilet and they always came and changed me.· He shrugs off calls to slow down and won't stop working to go to the toilet.· I excuse myself to go to the toilet and throw up.
· Cabins include a toilet, shower and two lower deck beds.· Facilities for the disabled include a lift, toilets and loan of invalid chairs.
· I was unable to use the public toilets since I was told I was in the wrong one whichever I went to.· Glover arranged his bed so that he could use the toilet from a near sitting position.· And use the toilet shortly before entering the examination hall.· She uses rags instead of toilet paper, which drives my father nuts.· If the patient can stand and balance, he may be able to use the normal toilet.· She asked if she could use the toilet, claiming their car had broken down.· One was made using a toilet roll.· He parks with his team, eats with his team and uses the same toilets as his team.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1- Encourage those who are mobile to go to the toilet on their own.
- I couldn't be bothered to go to the toilet and they always came and changed me.
- I really needed to go to the toilet, but that meant walking past them on to the other side of the hall.
- Over the next day and a half she only left the room twice to go to the toilet.
- The old man got up to go to the toilet again.
- Then, next time you go to the toilet, try this stop test half way through emptying your bladder.
- He asked for the shampoo in the shower stall and she handed it to him.
- The urinals were metal, and in a distant area of shadows there appeared to be shower stalls.
- Think about it, really, would you trust somebody who promotes their self in a bathroom stall?
- Tillman worked her hard all day made her change sheets, scour shower stalls.
- We got a hotel room that featured peeling paint, no windows, and a john in the shower stall.
[countable] a large bowl that you sit on to get rid of waste liquid or waste matter from your body: He flushed the toilet (=pulled the handle so that water ran into the toilet to clean it).2[countable] British English a room or building containing a toilet SYN bathroom, restroom American English: public toilets3go to the toilet especially British English to pass waste liquid or waste matter from your body: Mummy, I need to go to the toilet!4[uncountable] old-fashioned the act of washing and dressing yourself: She finished her toilet.COLLOCATIONSverbsgo to the toilet (also use the toilet especially British English)· He got up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night.need the toilet British English (=need to use the toilet)· Does anyone need the toilet before we set off?flush the toilet (=make water go through it to clean it)· I heard someone flush the toilet.adjectivesa public toilet especially British English· He set off across the square in search of a public toilet.a disabled toilet British English (=one for disabled people)· Is there a disabled toilet?an outside toilet (=one that is outside a house, not in it)· The house was small, with no hot water and an outside toilet.an indoor toilet· Many cottages lacked a bathroom or indoor toilet.toilet + NOUNtoilet facilities· Toilet facilities are available at the bus station.the toilet seat· He always left the toilet seat up.the toilet bowl· She was scrubbing the toilet bowl.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘go to toilet’. Say go to the toilet.THESAURUStoilet British English a room with a toilet in it, in someone’s house or in a public place: · He locked himself in the toilet.· the public toiletsbathroom a room with a toilet in it, in someone’s house. In British English, bathroom is used especially when you want to be polite. In American English, it is the usual word to use: · He asked to use the bathroom.restroom American English a room in a public place that has one or more toilets in it: · She went into the store to use the restroom.lavatory formal a room with a toilet in it. In American English lavatory is used mainly for toilets in a public building or on a plane. In British English it is used both about public toilets and toilets in people’s houses: · public lavatories· He didn’t have time to visit the lavatory.loo British English informal, john American English informal a room with a toilet in it. Loo is very common in everyday spoken British English: · ‘Where’s Chris?’ ‘He’s in the loo.’· Can I use your loo?· Where’s the john?bog British English informal a very informal word for a toilet, which is not considered polite: · The nearest bog was miles away.the ladies British English, the ladies’ room American English a public toilet for women: · Where’s the ladies?· I need to go to the ladies’ room.the gents British English, the men’s room American English a public toilet for men: · I followed him into the gents.· I’ve got to go to the men’s room. Excuse me.latrine an outdoor toilet in a camp or military area: · The latrines were in a shocking state.urinal a type of toilet for men that is attached to a wall: · He was standing at the urinal.potty a bowl that babies use as a toilet: · Does he need his potty?commode a chair with a bowl in it, used as a toilet, especially in hospitals and homes for old people: · She has to use a commode.bedpan a container which is used as a toilet, especially in hospitals by people who are too ill or weak to get out of bed: · I had to change the bedpans.