as in bathroom
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
we were directed to the toilets in the church basement
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as in to clothe
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
the princess required at least a dozen maids to toilet her for formal occasions
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Recent Examples of toilet
Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
At Stuart Sports Complex, sections of the dog park were flooded, 29 of the 41 portable toilets were blown over or displaced as were dozens of soccer goals across the 380-acre complex, district officials said.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
cleveland, 29 Oct. 2021
This has front to back adjustability for the perfect seat to toilet bowl fit.
—Tim Kohut, BGR, 29 June 2021
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Noun
Lord Lovat has been gone for more than a month and must read this correspondence on the toilet.
—Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
At Stuart Sports Complex, sections of the dog park were flooded, 29 of the 41 portable toilets were blown over or displaced as were dozens of soccer goals across the 380-acre complex, district officials said.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toilet
Noun
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First there’s the commute itself, then, dealing with lugging all of my stuff out to the sand, and the less than pleasant bathrooms… not to mention the overpriced boardwalk food.—
Rachel Davies,
Architectural Digest,
14 Aug. 2025
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When Conrad walks through the kitchen, leaking blood after a surfing accident, Belly follows him to the bathroom and insists on cleaning the wound.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Scores of mourners clad in Maryvale High School's colors of black and gold gathered to memorialize Michael Montoya II, a 16-year-old student fatally stabbed in class, during a vigil at the Phoenix school.—
DAILY BRIEFING,
AZCentral.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Barely a hundred yards away at the foot of the hill, a pair of middle-aged white golfers clad in shorts and polo shirts wheeled their golf bags along a pristine fairway at the Ermelo Country Club.—
Tommy Trenchard,
NPR,
23 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For example, the company decided in January to reverse its open-door policy, meaning only paying customers were allowed to use its restrooms.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
15 Aug. 2025
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The city had just gone toe-to-toe with state lawmakers over Charlotte’s nondiscrimination ordinance, which allowed transgender people to use public restrooms that aligned with their gender identity.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Slovakia unfolds like a storybook—picture Bratislava’s old town leaning into the Danube—dressed with pastel façades, winding alleys, and medieval towers.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The first step to enjoying Dixon’s chili is dressing it up with a myriad of toppings for an additional cost between 15 cents to $1.25.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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Similarly to WandaVision, Selon was able to play with costuming the characters in different genres for each of the trials on the road, while keeping consistent through lines of color and accessories.—
Ryan Fleming,
Deadline,
19 Aug. 2025
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Hell, let Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer don the Marty and Bobbi Culp costumes again to rep the SNL 50 Homecoming Concert.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Toilet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toilet. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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