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comfort stations

noun

plural of comfort station
as in bathrooms
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste a theme park abundantly supplied with comfort stations

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Recent Examples of comfort stations Coulibaly was allegedly recorded hitting a cop in the face with a snowball during the Monday afternoon incident near the park’s comfort stations. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026 Coulibaly was allegedly recorded hitting police with a small boulder of snow during the Monday afternoon incident near the park’s comfort stations. — Thomas Tracy, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026 Approved by the planning board over 10 years ago, prefabricated comfort stations are also planned for Carmel Grove, Carmel Knolls and Solana Highlands Parks. — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comfort stations
  1. bathrooms
  2. restrooms
  3. water closets
  4. toilets
Noun
  • Each suite boasts a gourmet kitchen, Italian marble bathrooms, and private balconies.
    — Megan duBois, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The result is an utterly unique tile that celebrates its imperfections and is widely requested for modern bathrooms and kitchens.
    — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of bathrooms
Noun
  • Aside from the accessible play structures and equipment, Empowerment Park has group picnic and BBQ areas, community garden beds, accessible off-street and disabled parking, shade structures and self-cleaning restrooms.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Those investments included installing 326 high-definition cameras throughout the plant, applying specialized anti-graffiti coatings in restrooms, and implementing a strict rapid-response process to report and remove offensive material.
    — Jamie L. LaReau, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of restrooms
Noun
  • The primary suite includes a large bathroom with two walk-in closets, dual showers, separate water closets and a soaking tub, while the outdoor amenities include a cold plunge and hot tub.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Other details include that the primary suite includes a large bathroom with two walk-in closets, dual showers, separate water closets and a soaking tub, while the outdoor amenities include a cold plunge and hot tub.
    — David Caraccio, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of water closets
Noun
  • For the first few days, they were held in a room crammed with up to 80 men, with just a handful of open toilets, in frigid conditions and with only a thin towel to sleep under, before being moved to two-person cells.
    — Hanna Park, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Combined sewer pipes carry both wastewater from toilets and sinks, and stormwater runoff from rain and snowmelt.
    — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of toilets

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“Comfort stations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comfort%20stations. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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