restroom
noun
rest·room
ˈrest-ˌrüm 
-ˌru̇m
US
: a room or suite of rooms in a public space providing toilets and lavatories : a public bathroom
Examples of restroom in a Sentence
I wasn't feeling well and had to make a number of trips to the restroom.
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The restaurant and its public restroom are also accessible; however, the spa isn’t.
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And the company has also grown weary of being the public restroom provider of choice for many American cities.
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And this doesn’t include the little four-facial-expression thingamajigs in airport restrooms that ask you to rank cleanliness by touching them.
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Rodriguez excused himself for the restroom but Perry persisted, according to the complaint.
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
And the company has also grown weary of being the public restroom provider of choice for many American cities.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
And this doesn’t include the little four-facial-expression thingamajigs in airport restrooms that ask you to rank cleanliness by touching them.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
Rodriguez excused himself for the restroom but Perry persisted, according to the complaint.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 26 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for restroom
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“Restroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restroom. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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restroom
noun
rest·room
ˈrest-ˌrüm
-ˌru̇m
: a room or set of rooms that includes sinks and toilets
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