chamber pot

noun

: a bedroom vessel for urination and defecation

Examples of chamber pot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While the home had a flushable water closet in the basement, the family used chamber pots in the bedrooms. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

The different kinds of Roman toilet At home, the poorest Romans relieved themselves in chamber pots. — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026

Being a chambermaid also included grueling daily tasks such as maintaining fires, emptying chamber pots and scrubbing floors. — Timothy Welbeck, The Conversation, 20 May 2026

When one has been invited to stay overnight in a home without indoor plumbing, but is provided with a chamber pot (no lid) under the bed, what does one do with it the next morning? — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1540, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chamber pot

• aeronaut
• aforethought
• afterthought
• apricot
• argonaut
• astronaut
• camelot
• coffeepot
• concordat
• cosmonaut
• entrepot
• flowerpot

Medical Definition

chamber pot

noun

: a bedroom vessel for urination and defecation