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a
: a fixture that consists usually of a water-flushed bowl and seat and is used for defecation and urination
b(1)
(2)
2
: the act or process of dressing and grooming oneself
3
: cleansing in preparation for or in association with a medical or surgical procedure
pulmonary toilet
4
archaic
: dressing table
toileted; toileting; toilets
2
: to help (someone, such as a child or sick person) use the toilet
Synonyms
Examples of toilet in a Sentence
Noun
One of the kids needed to use the toilet.
a painting of a woman at her toilet
Verb
the princess required at least a dozen maids to toilet her for formal occasions
Recent Examples on the Web
Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
The toilet was also on display in 2016 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, where at least 100,000 people used it.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
At Blenheim Palace, the toilet was installed in a room next to the one in which Churchill was born.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
Brad Pitt plays an unconventional career criminal whose quest to retrieve a briefcase of cash is sidelined by gangsters, assassins (Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry), and fancy toilets.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
Many of the benefits are solid and visible: sacks of free grain, toilets, gas cylinders and housing materials.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Last June, in response to the Dunsmore civil rights case, county officials reached an agreement to modify showers, toilets and beds in local jails to help improve conditions for the disabled men and women in sheriff’s custody.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2024
The sink, shower and toilet flooded, and the damage was so extensive, the foam reached into the city's sewer system, police said in court documents.
—The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
In homes with older toilets, installing a new, water-efficient toilet sometimes helps because these toilets don’t usually empty the whole tank on each flush.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
John Crimaldi, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2022
There was the time the system that controls toilet flushing failed and water rained down on the fancy dining area and diners one floor below.
—Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2022
Blood stains covered a shower curtain and toilet in the bathroom.
—Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Nov. 2021
Officers found a group of college students toilet papering their coach’s house.
—cleveland, 29 Oct. 2021
This has front to back adjustability for the perfect seat to toilet bowl fit.
—Tim Kohut, BGR, 29 June 2021
Another is its light jet category includes very light jets with limited range and sans toilet like the Eclipse 500.
—Doug Gollan, Forbes, 2 June 2021
That same survey revealed a nurse helped toilet the resident with gloves, but the resident didn’t have a gown on.
—Deon J. Hampton, Cincinnati.com, 3 Apr. 2020
To offset this inconvenience, reports the Associated Press, Airbnb will place a heated bathroom trailer with a shower, sink and toilet on the site.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2020
Noun
Choose from 14 sizes, three of which have a contour to go around the base of your toilet.
—Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
The toilet was also on display in 2016 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, where at least 100,000 people used it.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
At Blenheim Palace, the toilet was installed in a room next to the one in which Churchill was born.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
Brad Pitt plays an unconventional career criminal whose quest to retrieve a briefcase of cash is sidelined by gangsters, assassins (Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry), and fancy toilets.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
Many of the benefits are solid and visible: sacks of free grain, toilets, gas cylinders and housing materials.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Last June, in response to the Dunsmore civil rights case, county officials reached an agreement to modify showers, toilets and beds in local jails to help improve conditions for the disabled men and women in sheriff’s custody.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2024
The sink, shower and toilet flooded, and the damage was so extensive, the foam reached into the city's sewer system, police said in court documents.
—The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
In homes with older toilets, installing a new, water-efficient toilet sometimes helps because these toilets don’t usually empty the whole tank on each flush.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Verb
Meanwhile, there are ways to reduce human exposure to toilet plumes.
—John Crimaldi, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2022
There was the time the system that controls toilet flushing failed and water rained down on the fancy dining area and diners one floor below.
—Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2022
Blood stains covered a shower curtain and toilet in the bathroom.
—Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Nov. 2021
Officers found a group of college students toilet papering their coach’s house.
—cleveland, 29 Oct. 2021
This has front to back adjustability for the perfect seat to toilet bowl fit.
—Tim Kohut, BGR, 29 June 2021
Another is its light jet category includes very light jets with limited range and sans toilet like the Eclipse 500.
—Doug Gollan, Forbes, 2 June 2021
That same survey revealed a nurse helped toilet the resident with gloves, but the resident didn’t have a gown on.
—Deon J. Hampton, Cincinnati.com, 3 Apr. 2020
To offset this inconvenience, reports the Associated Press, Airbnb will place a heated bathroom trailer with a shower, sink and toilet on the site.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2020
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toilet
noun
toi·let
ˈtȯi-lət 
: cleansing in preparation for or in association with a medical or surgical procedure
a pharyngeal toilet
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