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water closet

water closet

noun
1.
an enclosed room or compartment containing a toilet bowl fitted with a mechanism for flushing.
2.
Older Use. a privy or bathroom. Abbreviation: WC, w.c.

Origin:
1745–55
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Water closet is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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water closet
 
n
1.  a lavatory flushed by water
2.  a small room that has a lavatory

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