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commode
[ kuh-mohd ]
noun
- a low cabinet or similar piece of furniture, often highly ornamental, containing drawers or shelves.
- a stand or cupboard containing a chamber pot or washbasin.
- a portable toilet, especially one on a chairlike frame with wheels, as for an invalid.
- 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.
commode
/ kəˈməʊd /
noun
- a piece of furniture, usually highly ornamented, containing drawers or shelves
- a bedside table with a cabinet below for a chamber pot or washbasin
- a movable piece of furniture, sometimes in the form of a chair, with a hinged flap concealing a chamber pot
- a woman's high-tiered headdress of lace, worn in the late 17th century
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of commode1
C17: from French, from Latin commodus commodious
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Example Sentences
In that relationship, the lower-class king of his dingy domain is enthroned atop a commode and uses a toilet brush as a scepter.
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Houston had raised suddenly, was staring in the direction of an old commode in the corner.
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The commode shows as well as anything the marked change which took place in the styles under the Empire.
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The ‘commode’ is the wire frame over which the curls are arranged, piled up in high masses over the forehead.
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She caught sight of herself in an old mirror, which stood upon a commode.
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In 1691 we find advertised in the Livre Commode of Paris a portable coffee-making outfit to fit the pocket.
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