toilet paper
noun
: a thin sanitary absorbent paper usually in a roll for use in drying or cleaning oneself after defecation and urination
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Explaining that there was no blood visible in the toilet or on the toilet paper.
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
The Truth Teller building is a nine-story, ornate 1920s building downtown, and the newspaper is now on half of the ninth floor and the other half is a toilet paper sales office.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2025
There was a toilet in there, no toilet paper.
—Juhi Doshi, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
Instead, make sure to put everything that isn't toilet paper in the trash.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
The Truth Teller building is a nine-story, ornate 1920s building downtown, and the newspaper is now on half of the ninth floor and the other half is a toilet paper sales office.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2025
There was a toilet in there, no toilet paper.
—Juhi Doshi, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
Instead, make sure to put everything that isn't toilet paper in the trash.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for toilet paper
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“Toilet paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toilet%20paper. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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