Definitions for toilet
ˈtɔɪ lɪttoi·let

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

1. toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroomnoun

   a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

2. toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, thronenoun

   a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

3. gutter, sewer, toiletnoun

   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, toilettenoun

   the act of dressing and preparing yourself

   "he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. toiletnoun

   Personal grooming; washing, dressing etc.

2. toiletnoun

   One's style of dressing; dress, outfit.

3. toiletnoun

   A dressing room.

4. toiletnoun

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

5. toiletnoun

   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. US Environmental Protection Agency.

6. toiletnoun

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

7. toiletnoun

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

8. toiletnoun

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

9. toiletverb

   To dress and groom oneself

10. toiletverb

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

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Toiletnoun

   A dressing table.

   Etymology: toilette, Fr.

   The merchant from the exchange returns in peace,
   And the long labours of the toilet cease. Alexander Pope.

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

1. Toiletnoun

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

2. Toiletnoun

   a dressing table

3. Toiletnoun

   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  

Matched Categories

1. • Dressing
   • Misfortune
   • Plumbing Fixture
   • Room

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. litote

2. Lottie

3. tolite

How to pronounce toilet?

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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. Ken Dodd:

   How many men does it take to change a toilet roll? Nobody knows – it’s never been done before.

2. Scott Ruesterholz:

   While no event can compare to alien invaders arriving, COVID-19 has been the biggest shock to global society in decades, the way the public and governments responded to it influenced me in writing how the public reacts to aliens. There even is a line about a run on toilet paper, which was added post-COVID!

3. Mark Buckton:

   You should expect to sit on the floor for two, two and a half hours, they might offer you a cushion, they might not. You're not supposed to move, and that includes going to the toilet.

4. Eduardo Marzagao:

   He is depressed, but more relaxed since he was moved, he had to knock on the cell door to go to the toilet.

5. Zurenko Family:

   It's going back to the toilet paper shortage, where everybody just started hoarding toilet paper, formula is fundamental for all of us moms who don't have a choice in the matter. And we're going to have babies that are malnourished.

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