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toilet bag(dictionary)
toilet(2)(dictionary)
toilet(1)(dictionary)
toilet(medicine)
Toilet training(health)
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toilet facilities(medicine)
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toilet (oh)




[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: toilette 'cloth put around the shoulders while arranging the hair or shaving, toilette, toilet', from toile 'net, cloth', from Latin tela 'something woven']
[C] a large bowl that you sit on to get rid of waste liquid or waste matter from your body
::He flushed the toilet (=made water go through the toilet to clean it) .
[C] BrE a room or building containing a toilet
American Equivalent: bathroom, restroom
::public toilets
go to the toilet
especially BrE to pass waste liquid or waste matter from your body
::Mummy, I need to go to the toilet!
[U] old-fashioned the act of washing and dressing yourself