lavatory
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin as if *lavatorius, from Late Latin lavator (“a clothes washer”), from lavō (“wash”); see lave.
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[edit] Noun
lavatory (plural lavatories)
- A bathroom; a washroom.
- (UK, Australian) A toilet.
[edit] Translations
bathroom
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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