Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word TOILET

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Definitions of TOILET

1. To use (urinate or defecate in) a toilet.
2. To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.
3. (now, historical or archaic) Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair. [from 17th c.]
4. (UK, AU) A room or enclosed area containing a fixture used for urination and defecation (i.e. a toilet (sense 2)): a bathroom or water closet. [from 19th c.]
5. A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly one with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which uses water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system. [from 19th c.]
6. (figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place. [from 20th c.]
7. (NZ) A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation (i.e. a toilet (sense 2)) and sink but no bathtub or shower.
8. (obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. [17th–19th c.]
9. (obsolete) The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table. [17th–19th c.]
10. (now, rare, archaic) One's style of dressing: dress, outfit. [from 18th c.]
11. (archaic) A dressing room. [from 19th c.]
12. (obsolete) A chamber pot.
13. (dated) To dress and groom oneself.

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Examples of Using TOILET in a Sentence

• It parodies British comics of the post-war period, notably The Beano and The Dandy, but with extensive profanity, toilet humour, black comedy, surreal humour and generally sexual or violent storylines.
• Toilet paper (sometimes called toilet/bath/bathroom tissue, or toilet roll) is a tissue paper product primarily used to clean the anus and surrounding region of feces (after defecation), and—primarily for those with vulvas—to clean the external genitalia and perineal area of urine (after urination).
• Toilet humour, potty humour or scatological humour (compare scatology), is a type of off-colour humour dealing with defecation (including diarrhea and constipation), urination and flatulence, and to a lesser extent vomiting and other bodily functions.
• In a domestic setting, soaps, specifically "toilet soaps", are surfactants usually used for washing, bathing, and other types of housekeeping.
• In later English works, phrases such as "the temple of Cloacina" were sometimes used as euphemisms for the toilet.

• The package deal included a 730- to 1,200-square-foot house on a 75-by-100-foot lot, as well as state-of-the art appliances, furniture, housewares and everything else a family would need for a weekend in the sun, including toothbrushes and toilet paper.

• On July 20, 1871, several local businessmen purchased the struggling local pottery, capitalized the company for $50,000, and expanded its lines to produce ceramic material for table and toilet use.
• This caused tensions between the gay (often famous) tourists and locals, which peaked when Antoine de Paris built on his land an outdoor toilet with revealing saloon door right across the street from a Catholic church.
• " Heyman launched a rant against the group, referring to the album as "musical excrement, scooped unhygienically from a poorly-maintained squat toilet in an area without adequate sanitation.
• The film, directed by former manager Rick DeVoe, is a behind-the-scenes look at the band's history featuring their usual toilet humor.
• There is no evidence that HPV can spread via common items like toilet seats, but the types that cause warts may spread via surfaces such as floors.
• The music of One Fierce Beer Coaster encompasses a number of genres and its lyrics are rife with toilet humor.
• Kimberly-Clark brand name products include Kleenex facial tissue, Kotex feminine hygiene products, Cottonelle, Scott and Andrex toilet paper, Wypall utility wipes, KimWipes scientific cleaning wipes and Huggies disposable diapers and baby wipes.
• Scott's hard-sell magazine advertisements of the 1930s focused on warnings that using harsh toilet paper would lead to painful rectal trouble.
• It was originally intended to be titled Metal Up Your Ass, with cover art featuring a hand clutching a dagger emerging from a toilet bowl.
• A derelict apartment in downtown Toronto served as the company's first building, and a homemade wooden stand mounted over a toilet was among its first camera equipment.
• As greywater contains fewer pathogens than blackwater, it is generally safer to handle and easier to treat and reuse onsite for toilet flushing, landscape or crop irrigation, and other non-potable uses.
• There are also specific toilet rooms, only containing a toilet (most often accompanied by the sink), which in North American English tend to be called "bathrooms", "powder rooms" or "washrooms", as euphemisms to conceal their actual purpose, while they in British and Irish English are known as just "toilets" or possibly "cloakrooms" - but also as "lavatories" when they are public.
• Common activities of daily living (ADLs) include feeding oneself, bathing, dressing, grooming, working, homemaking, and managing personal hygiene after using the toilet.
• A flush toilet (also known as a flushing toilet, water closet (WC); see also toilet names) is a toilet that disposes of human waste (principally urine and feces) by using the force of water to channel it through a drainpipe to another location for treatment, either nearby or at a communal facility.

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