Meaning

2 senses

  1. A room intended to wash the face and hands.

  2. (Canada, US, euphemistic, rare)A room with a toilet, particularly a public toilet.

    a lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place)

Examples

28 sentences

  1. I want to go to the washroom.

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  2. Where is the washroom?

    ruГде ванная комната?

    deWo ist die Toilette?

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  3. Where's the washroom?

    ruГде уборная?

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  4. Sami is still in the washroom.

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  5. He was cleaning a public washroom.

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Origin

From wash + room in reference to its sinks, but generally used euphemistically outside of

From wash + room in reference to its sinks, but generally used euphemistically outside of Canada and the United States.

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Forms

plural: washrooms
Singularwashroom
Pluralwashrooms

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
room with a sink:lavatoryC1
room with a toilet:bathroomA1

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
washboardwashclothwasherwaspB2wastagewasteB1
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