commode

[ kuh-mohd ]
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noun
  1. a low cabinet or similar piece of furniture, often highly ornamental, containing drawers or shelves.

  2. a stand or cupboard containing a chamber pot or washbasin.

  1. a portable toilet, especially one on a chairlike frame with wheels, as for an invalid.

  2. an elaborate headdress consisting chiefly of a high framework decorated with lace, ribbons, etc., worn perched on top of the hair by women in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

Origin of commode

1
First recorded in 1680–90; from French, from Latin commodus “convenient, fitting, suitable”; equivalent to com- + mode1

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How to use commode in a sentence

  • She caught sight of herself in an old mirror, which stood upon a commode.

  • In 1691 we find advertised in the Livre commode of Paris a portable coffee-making outfit to fit the pocket.

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British Dictionary definitions for commode

commode

/ (kəˈməʊd) /


noun
  1. a piece of furniture, usually highly ornamented, containing drawers or shelves

  2. a bedside table with a cabinet below for a chamber pot or washbasin

  1. a movable piece of furniture, sometimes in the form of a chair, with a hinged flap concealing a chamber pot

  2. a woman's high-tiered headdress of lace, worn in the late 17th century

Origin of commode

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C17: from French, from Latin commodus commodious

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