Main Entry: com·mode

Pronunciation: \kə-ˈmōd\

Function: noun

Etymology: French, from commode, adjective, suitable, convenient, from Latin commodus, from com- + modus measure — more at mete

Date: circa 1688

1 : a woman's ornate cap popular in the late 17th and early 18th centuries
2 a : a low chest of drawers b : a movable washstand with a cupboard underneath c : a boxlike structure holding a chamber pot under an open seat; also : chamber pot d : toilet 3b

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