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noun, plural lav·a·to·ries.
1.
a room fitted with equipment for washing the hands and face and usually with flush toilet facilities.
2.
a flush toilet; water closet.
3.
a bowl or basin with running water for washing or bathing purposes; washbowl.
4.
any place where washing is done.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English lavatorie < Late Latin lavātōrium washing-place, equivalent to Latin lavā(re) to wash + -tōrium -tory2
1325–75; Middle English lavatorie < Late Latin lavātōrium washing-place, equivalent to Latin lavā(re) to wash + -tōrium -tory2
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Lavatory
is always a great word to know.
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Example Sentences
- She was led by the hand along a narrow hall to a tiny, filthy lavatory with a sorry little window looking out on the night.
- One team complained about its accommodations, having to change in the lavatory.
- The half bath had a lavatory so small that it could not be used.
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Word Origin & History
lavatory
late 14c., "washbasin," from L. lavatorium "place for washing," noun use of neut. of adj. lavatorius "pertaining to washing," from lavatus, pp. of lavare "to wash" (see lave). Sense of "washroom" is first attested 1650s; as a euphemism for "toilet, W.C.," it is attested from 1924.
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