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Lavatory   /lˈævətˌɔri/   Listen
Lavatory

noun
(pl. lavatories)
1.
A room or building equipped with one or more toilets.  Synonyms: bathroom, can, john, lav, privy, toilet.
2.
A bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face.  Synonyms: basin, washbasin, washbowl, washstand.
3.
A toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it.  Synonym: flush toilet.



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"Lavatory" Quotes from Famous Books



... hair, and read them the commandment which enjoins them from coveting their neighbor's scalp. Therefore, and in consideration of the good done by these Quakers, they and Mr. MORTON thought they ought to have a grant of land to enable them to continue their lavatory labors. ...
— Punchinello, Vol.1, No. 4, April 23, 1870 • Various

... the rain, which still fell thick and resonant, to reach a lavatory on the other side of the court. There were three basin-stands, and a few crumpled towels and pieces of wet soap, white and slippery like fish; nor should I forget a looking-glass and a pair of questionable combs. Another Scots lad was ...
— Essays of Travel • Robert Louis Stevenson

... For Clogged Lavatory Basins—Mix a handful of soda with a handful of common salt and force it down the pipe; then rinse the pipe thoroughly ...
— Fowler's Household Helps • A. L. Fowler

... crest of Captain's Hill, before the young man gave over the work at which he had labored like a Titan all day long, and going down to the brook at a point where the captain and he had dug a semicircular basin and paved it about with white sea-pebbles by way of a lavatory, he made his toilet, chiefly by throwing the clear cool water in bucketfuls over his head and neck, and then rubbing himself with a coarse towel until the crisp hair curled vivaciously, and the fair skin glowed out from under its coat of sunbrown in strong relief to the white teeth ...
— Standish of Standish - A story of the Pilgrims • Jane G. Austin

... it. Just abreast of the shanty this stream forms a cascade, tumbling into a pool that beyond is still and clear and gravelly. It is a most romantically beautiful spot, shaded and shut in completely by fern-covered rocks and overhanging trees. This is our lavatory. Here we bathe, wash our shirts, and draw our supplies of water. This creek flows down through the mangrove swamp to the river; and, at high-water, we can bring our boats up its channel to a point about a quarter of a ...
— Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) - or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand • William Delisle Hay


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