as in restroom
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
everyone should use the bathroom before we leave on the long trip
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Recent Examples of bathroom
The downside is that, while bibs take the load off your stomach, stopping to use the bathroom is a little more annoying than just pulling shorts down.
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Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2025
Use a gentle, non-abrasive cleaner on chrome fixtures like faucets and knobs in the bathroom since lemon juice reacts with the metal and causes corrosion and spotting over time.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 June 2025
They were trapped there for a week without electricity, without sanitary bathrooms, without adequate food or water.
—Asha Bandele, Essence, 25 June 2025
The 17 rooms were arranged around a large central air shaft with just a couple of bathrooms down the hall for everybody.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2025
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Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2025
Use a gentle, non-abrasive cleaner on chrome fixtures like faucets and knobs in the bathroom since lemon juice reacts with the metal and causes corrosion and spotting over time.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 June 2025
They were trapped there for a week without electricity, without sanitary bathrooms, without adequate food or water.
—Asha Bandele, Essence, 25 June 2025
The 17 rooms were arranged around a large central air shaft with just a couple of bathrooms down the hall for everybody.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bathroom
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The council restored all recreation center hours, restored full Monday hours at 16 of the city’s 37 branch libraries and reversed plans to remove beach fire rings and close many public restrooms in beaches and parks.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2025
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The Agate Beach State Recreation Site offers amenities such as restrooms, beach access and is a day-use park open year-round.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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The captures come as Louisiana authorities continue to investigate how the men were able to create a hole in a cell wall by ripping out a toilet and to escape without being noticed by guards in the early hours of May 16.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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The 10 inmates escaped from the Orleans Justice Center in the early morning hours of May 16 after climbing through a hole behind a toilet.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
27 June 2025
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“Bathroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bathroom. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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