powder room

noun

1
: a restroom for women
2
: a lavatory in the main living area of a house

Examples of powder room in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There are four bedrooms, five full bathrooms, and one powder room, plus a separate apartment for staff. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024 The more intimate spaces such as the steam room and women’s powder room were built on stage, though there was a second unit that went out to Palm Beach to shoot aerials and wide establishers. Katie Bowman, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024 If your powder room is used only occasionally and if the toilet isn’t a water-efficient model, replacing it would be one thing to try. Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024 Another hidden gem is in the kitchen where a secret door that blends into the midnight blue cabinetry opens into a powder room. Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024 Elsewhere are a dining room, a separate breakfast room, a kitchen with a butler’s pantry, a large laundry room, and a couple of powder rooms. Mark David, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2024 In her 1920s Nashville Tudor, designer Catherine Branstetter used it to spruce up her downstairs powder room. Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2024 The apartment-style suite also has a private office, three powder rooms, a dining room for 16 guests and a six-seat bar that leads into a rooftop garden. Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2024 Each has 26-foot-high ceilings, three bedrooms, and countless powder rooms complete with high-design Japanese toilets. David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of powder room was in 1927

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“Powder room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/powder%20room. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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