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/lˈævətˌɔri/ Listen

noun

Lavatory n. (pl. lavatories)

A place for washing.

A basin or other vessel for washing in.

A wash or lotion for a diseased part.

A place where gold is obtained by washing.

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.

Synonyms: toilet, lavatory, can, facility, john, privy, bathroom.

adjective

Lavatory adj. Washing, or cleansing by washing.

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Etymology of 'Lavatory'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lavatory" Quotes from Famous Books

... Town, and when we neared this port the guard kept over us was strengthened. An officer remained with us continually and counted us every two hours to make sure that none of us had escaped. One day two young Boers conspired to make a fool of the officer, and concealed themselves in the lavatory. Their absence was discovered the next time we were counted, and the officer in charge, in a great state of perturbation, demanded of us what had become of them. We took up the joke at once, and replied that they had gone on shore to be ...

— My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War • Ben Viljoen

... Uncle Dick saw what was going on and he approached, smiling it must be confessed, but with a towel secured from the men's lavatory. ...

— Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp • Alice B. Emerson

... while he was bent over the lavatory basin, someone burst into the bathroom. He lifted a ...

— The Regent • E. Arnold Bennett

... the fine oaken ceiling. This is panelled, and moulded, and decorated with shields, upon which are painted and gilded various coats of arms. In the centre of the cloister garth are the remains of what was the monks' lavatory. It was erected in the years 1432 and 1433, and was of octagonal shape. Some of the stone for its construction was brought from Egglestone-on-Tees, on payment of rent to the abbot of that place to quarry it. It is said to have had twenty-four brass spouts, seven windows, ...

— Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham - A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See • J. E. Bygate

... in nondescript juvenile grey and black striped suit, too small for him, white tennis shoes, bordered stockings with turnover tops and a red schoolcap with badge) I was in my teens, a growing boy. A little then sufficed, a jolting car, the mingling odours of the ladies' cloakroom and lavatory, the throng penned tight on the old Royal stairs (for they love crushes, instinct of the herd, and the dark sexsmelling theatre unbridles vice), even a pricelist of their hosiery. And then the heat. ...

— Ulysses • James Joyce

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