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toi⋅let
[toi-lit] 
lɪt
–noun
—Idiom| 1. | a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination. |
| 2. | a lavatory. |
| 3. | a bathroom. |
| 4. | toilet bowl. |
| 5. | a dressing room, esp. one containing a bath. |
| 6. | the act or process of dressing or grooming oneself, including bathing and arranging the hair: to make one's toilet; busy at her toilet. |
| 7. | toilet set. |
| 8. | the dress or costume of a person; any particular costume: toilet of white silk. |
| 9. | Surgery. the cleansing of a part after childbirth or a wound after an operation. |
| 10. | Archaic. dressing table. |
| 11. | go down (or in) the toilet, to become worthless or profitless; be doomed: The team's entire season went down the toilet. |
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| toi·let (toi'lĭt) n.
[French toilette, clothes bag, from Old French tellette, diminutive of teile, cloth; see toil2.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Toilet
Toi"let\, n. [F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See Toil a net.]1. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room. 2. A dressing table. --Pope. 3. Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect. [Written also toilette.] Toilet glass, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a dressing room. Toilet service, Toilet set, earthenware, glass, and other utensils for a dressing room. Toilet table, a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above. To snake one's toilet, to dress one's self; especially, to dress one's self carefully.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : toilet
Spanish:
lavabo, servicios,
German:
die Toilette; Toiletten-…,
Japanese:
トイレ
toilet
1540, "cover or bag for clothes," from M.Fr. toilette "a cloth, bag for clothes," dim. of toile "cloth, net" (see toil (2)). Sense evolution is to "act or process of dressing" (1681); then "a dressing room" (1819), especially one with a lavatory attached; then "lavatory or porcelain plumbing fixture" (1895), an Amer.Eng. euphemistic use. Toilet paper is attested from 1884. Toilet training is recorded from 1940.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: toi·let
Pronunciation: 'toi-l&t
Function: noun
: cleansing in preparation for or in association with a medical or surgical proceduretoilet>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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