as in bathrooms
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 clothes
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 toilets
Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
People fled through the carriages seeking safety, with some attempting to barricade themselves in the train’s toilets, said other witnesses who saw train seats soaked in blood.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Prisoners tend to use more due to flushing various items and, often, intentionally plugging toilets and overflowing them, according to industry publication Correctional News.
—Penny Weaver, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2025
How do airplane toilets actually work?
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025
Furloughed staff have led to uncollected trash, overflowing toilets, and other hazards in national parks.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Because the brand’s ethos revolves around minimizing disturbance to the land and maximizing guests’ immersion in nature, the camps do not offer Wi-Fi and reduce water usage with pull-chain showers and low-flow toilets.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 28 Oct. 2025
In the owner’s en suite, Heesen replaced one of the original dual toilets with a vanity area.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2025
Take control of moldy bathroom and kitchen surfaces by adding hydrogen peroxide directly to a spray bottle and spritzing showers, toilets, sinks, and other surfaces.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
And given that trains also had no toilets, how did people manage?
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
People fled through the carriages seeking safety, with some attempting to barricade themselves in the train’s toilets, said other witnesses who saw train seats soaked in blood.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Prisoners tend to use more due to flushing various items and, often, intentionally plugging toilets and overflowing them, according to industry publication Correctional News.
—Penny Weaver, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2025
How do airplane toilets actually work?
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025
Furloughed staff have led to uncollected trash, overflowing toilets, and other hazards in national parks.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Because the brand’s ethos revolves around minimizing disturbance to the land and maximizing guests’ immersion in nature, the camps do not offer Wi-Fi and reduce water usage with pull-chain showers and low-flow toilets.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 28 Oct. 2025
In the owner’s en suite, Heesen replaced one of the original dual toilets with a vanity area.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2025
Take control of moldy bathroom and kitchen surfaces by adding hydrogen peroxide directly to a spray bottle and spritzing showers, toilets, sinks, and other surfaces.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toilets
Noun
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The landscaping, kitchen and bathrooms will also receive updates.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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Cramped courtrooms and scarce bathrooms are part of the judicial past, too.—
Douglas Hanks
November 10,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The new courthouse has public restrooms on each floor.—
Douglas Hanks
November 10,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
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Outfitted with restrooms, showers, and picnic areas, the full-facility Weeping Ridge family campground has 30 campsites equipped with electricity and water.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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My wife is lovely and dresses me.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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Back in the bamboo and tarpaulin tents which blanket the hillsides of Cox’s Bazar, refugee Mariam Khatun dresses her three small children and prepares a meal – these daily tasks the only thing keeping her going since the death of her eldest daughter, Estafa.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Those costumes from the original Broadway production, including the Schuyler sisters’ winter ball gowns, Hamilton, Jefferson and Burr’s suits, as well as King George’s outfit, are all featured among the exhibit, too.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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Here are five tips for creating last-minute DIY KPop Demon Hunters Halloween costumes.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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