Definitions for toilet
ˈtɔɪ lɪttoi·let

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom(noun)

   a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

2. toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne(noun)

   a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

3. gutter, sewer, toilet(noun)

   misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

   "his career was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet"

4. toilet, toilette(noun)

   the act of dressing and preparing yourself

   "he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. toilet(Noun)

   Personal grooming; washing, dressing etc.

   Etymology: From toilette diminutive of toile; a cloth used to protect garments when making up the hair or shaving.

2. toilet(Noun)

   One's style of dressing; dress, outfit.

   Etymology: From toilette diminutive of toile; a cloth used to protect garments when making up the hair or shaving.

3. toilet(Noun)

   A dressing room.

   Etymology: From toilette diminutive of toile; a cloth used to protect garments when making up the hair or shaving.

4. toilet(Noun)

   Now specifically, a room or enclosed cubicle containing a lavatory, e.g., a bathroom or water closet (w.c.).

   Etymology: From toilette diminutive of toile; a cloth used to protect garments when making up the hair or shaving.

5. toilet(Noun)

   A lavatory or device for depositing human waste and then flushing it away with water.

   EPA is currently developing the specification for high-efficiency toilets. All HETs that meet WaterSense criteria for efficiency and performance will be eligible to receive a label once EPA finalizes the specification. u2014 US Environmental Protection Agency.

   Etymology: From toilette diminutive of toile; a cloth used to protect garments when making up the hair or shaving.

6. toilet(Noun)

   Other similar devices, such as squat toilets, as in Japan or the Middle East.

   Etymology: From toilette diminutive of toile; a cloth used to protect garments when making up the hair or shaving.

7. toilet(Noun)

   A shabby or dirty place, especially a lounge/bar/pub/tavern.

   Etymology: From toilette diminutive of toile; a cloth used to protect garments when making up the hair or shaving.

8. toilet(Noun)

   A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or dressing room.

   Etymology: From toilette diminutive of toile; a cloth used to protect garments when making up the hair or shaving.

9. toilet(Verb)

   To dress and groom oneself

   Etymology: From toilette diminutive of toile; a cloth used to protect garments when making up the hair or shaving.

10. toilet(Verb)

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

    Etymology: From toilette diminutive of toile; a cloth used to protect garments when making up the hair or shaving.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Toilet(noun)

   a covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room

2. Toilet(noun)

   a dressing table

3. Toilet(noun)

   act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Toilet

   A toilet is a sanitation fixture used primarily for the disposal of human excrement and urine, often found in a small room referred to as a toilet/bathroom/lavatory. Flush toilets, which are common in many parts of the world, may be connected to a nearby septic tank or more commonly in urban areas via "large" sewer pipe connected to a sewerage pipe system. The water and waste from many different sources is piped in large pipes to a more distant sewage treatment plant. Chemical toilets are used in mobile and many temporary situations where there is no access to sewerage, dry toilets, including pit toilets and composting toilet require no or little water with excreta being removed manually or composted in situ. The word toilet may also be used, especially in British English to describe the room containing the fixture, for which euphemisms such as restroom or bathroom are used in American English. Prior to the introduction of modern flush toilets, most human waste disposal was done through the use of household chamber pots, or took place outdoors in outhouses or latrines. Pail closets were introduced in England and France in an attempt to reduce sewage problems in rapidly expanding cities.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Toilet

   Toilette, toil′et, n. a dressing-table with a mirror: also a cover for such a table: the whole articles used in dressing: mode or operation of dressing: the whole dress and appearance of a person, any particular costume.—ns. Toil′et-cloth, -cov′er, a cover for a dressing-table.—adj. Toil′eted, dressed.—ns. Toil′et-glass, a mirror set on the dressing-table; Toil′et-set, -serv′ice, the utensils collectively used in dressing; Toil′et-soap, a fine kind of soap made up in cakes; Toil′et-tā′ble, a dressing-table.—Make one's toilet, to dress. [Fr. toilette, dim. of toile, cloth; cf. Toil (1).]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. toilet

   A type of product and system.

   The toilets are all made from various materials.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 16, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'toilet' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1630

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'toilet' in Nouns Frequency: #1816

Anagrams for toilet »

1. Lottie

2. litote

How to pronounce toilet?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of toilet in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of toilet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of toilet in a Sentence

1. Tigran Petrosian:

   I noticed that he would always visit the same toilet partition, which was strange, since two other partitions weren’t occupied.

2. Charles Gerba:

   We tested soccer balls and they're loaded with E. coli because the balls are rolling around on the dog poop on the playground, and then the kids are on the monkey bars which birds use as a public toilet. The first thing you should have any kid do when they come home from the playground is wash their hands.

3. Belen Aldecosea:

   She was scared. I was scared. It was horrifying trying to put her in the toilet, i was emotional. I was crying. I sat there for a good 10 minutes crying in the stall.

4. Sarosh Ashraf Janjua:

   I think we are all just hanging on to something that makes us feel safe, somehow, for Americans, that something has become N95 masks and toilet paper. Trooper Schwartz' act of kindness became my something.

5. Daniel Dae Kim:

   But in the meantime please be safe, please be healthy and please be kind to one another, and please stop hoarding the toilet paper. Seriously. How dirty are you down there ?

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