lavatory

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 External links

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[edit] Etymology

< Latin as if *lavatorius < Late Latin lavator (“‘a clothes washer’”) < lavare (“‘to wash’”); see lave.

[edit] Noun

lavatory (plural lavatories)

1. a bathroom; a washroom
2. (British, Aust) a toilet

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[edit] External links

• lavatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• lavatory in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911