noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bathroom/hall/bedroom cupboardBritish English
▪ Your boots are in the hall cupboard.
bathroom suite
▪ a pink bathroom suite
bathroom/dining room/meeting room etc
▪ the doctor’s waiting room
the bathroom/kitchen/bedroom etc floor
▪ I’ve still got to clean the bathroom floor.
the kitchen/bedroom/bathroom etc door
▪ The kitchen door opened and Jake walked in.
the kitchen/dining/bedroom/bathroom area
▪ The kitchen area is rather small.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
en
▪ Back in the en suite bathroom, he briskly cleans his teeth and brushes his hair.
▪ The rooms are of a good standard, are spacious, and comfortably furnished, with en suite bathrooms.
▪ All bedrooms have full en suite bathrooms.
▪ Even the en suite bathroom of the bedroom she shared with Emily could be described by no other word than glorious!
▪ The en suite bathroom even had two white towelling bathrobes bearing Le Ponant's logo available for our use.
▪ Pink was also chosen for the main bedroom and its large en suite bathroom - once another bedroom.
▪ Her room was large and comfortable, with pale walls, light, modern furniture and an en suite bathroom.
▪ There are two comfortable bedrooms with en suite bathrooms.
private
▪ All bedrooms have a luxury you would expect - from colour television to sizeable private bathrooms.
▪ All staterooms are outside with large picture windows and private bathroom facilities.
▪ All bedrooms have a private bathroom and balcony.
▪ The two-story inn is a traditional adobe pueblo-style building with seven guest rooms with kiva fireplaces and private bathrooms.
▪ The bedrooms are comfortable and all have private bathroom, radio and telephone.
▪ Soldiers sleep four or six to a dormitory, with lockable doors and private bathrooms.
▪ The large bedrooms all have private bathroom, telephone, and are nicely decorated.
■ NOUN
door
▪ Paul sits on the floor by the bathroom door.
▪ While she starts the bath water I wheel my chair into the bedroom, just beside the bathroom door.
▪ The bathroom door was locked from the inside.
▪ After Smitty had gone out, Converse began to crawl to-ward the bathroom door.
▪ You're listening as you approach the bathroom door.
▪ The bathroom door opened and Renie hurried out, buckling his belt.
▪ He left the bathroom door open, which Folly hated.
▪ You saw the bathroom door, closed.
floor
▪ Then with fumbling fingers she extracted her soap and hurled the bag after him across the bathroom floor.
▪ The square tiles on the bathroom floor were laid black next to white, like cards on a faro table.
▪ Slugs would drag along the bathroom floor, trailing their vestments of brown slime.
▪ When he came inside, he found his thirty-year-old wife dead on the bathroom floor.
▪ Mrs Popple lay on the bathroom floor, her jaw muscles having gone into spasms.
▪ Mr Popple had found her lying on the bathroom floor upon returning from the Lamb and Flag.
▪ Once more Kate hit the bathroom floor.
mirror
▪ Pinning up her wayward curls, Lissa made a face in the steam-coated bathroom mirror.
▪ In the bathroom mirror, he saw that his hair had been streaked white too.
▪ Barring the nightly message of encouragement captain Kardar stuck to his bathroom mirror, there were no instructions from the skipper.
▪ He would stand in front of the bathroom mirror in his boxer shorts and expand his chest a few times, breathing deeply.
▪ Gerald stood and looked at himself in the bathroom mirror for several minutes.
▪ Lily looked at herself in the bathroom mirror.
▪ She is staring at her throat in the bathroom mirror.
▪ On the evidence of his bathroom mirror, he looked better too.
scale
▪ Like all bathroom scales, ours are trod with hope and trepidation.
▪ The bathroom scales are a shrine to which believers turn daily.
▪ I spend a lot of time on the bathroom scales - too much time - I really should throw them away!
▪ He steps on to the bathroom scales.
suite
▪ Back in the en suite bathroom, he briskly cleans his teeth and brushes his hair.
▪ The building comprises a row of seven double bedrooms with en-#suite bathrooms, plus a staff bed-sitter.
▪ The rooms are of a good standard, are spacious, and comfortably furnished, with en suite bathrooms.
▪ All bedrooms have full en suite bathrooms.
▪ Even the en suite bathroom of the bedroom she shared with Emily could be described by no other word than glorious!
▪ The en suite bathroom even had two white towelling bathrobes bearing Le Ponant's logo available for our use.
▪ Pink was also chosen for the main bedroom and its large en suite bathroom - once another bedroom.
▪ Her room was large and comfortable, with pale walls, light, modern furniture and an en suite bathroom.
window
▪ Nothing was stolen from the bungalow in Morton-on-Swale, near Northallerton, but £30 damage was caused to the bathroom window.
▪ Another bullet penetrated the bathroom window of another house in the same area.
▪ The bathroom window was boarded up.
■ VERB
go
▪ Then he went to the bathroom.
▪ He got up and went to the bathroom, took a shower.
▪ Eva goes immediately into the bathroom.
▪ And beat me for going to the bathroom at night too many times.
▪ She went through to the bathroom and ran water into the tub.
▪ We look around carefully before going to use the bathrooms.
▪ I went to the bathroom and scrubbed myself until I was raw.
▪ Clarisa went into the bathroom and locked the door.
leave
▪ He left the bathroom door open, which Folly hated.
▪ He left the bathroom and I stood looking at myself. fool! ness stand.
▪ Wrapped in a big green towel, Tabitha left the bathroom.
▪ He left her in the bathroom and closed the door.
▪ But before Anne left the bathroom, she took one last look at herself in the mirror.
▪ I left the bathroom door open and went to the master bedroom, where I spent a moment or two.
▪ The music came from next door and when he left the bathroom and turned into the sitting room he felt dizzy.
▪ What's that little rule about always leaving the bathroom as you'd expect to find it?
lock
▪ Even so, I locked myself in the bathroom where I could read the story slowly and without fear of interruption.
▪ The young man who died mysteriously in a locked bathroom.
▪ They put pins in their chairs, threw their clothes out of the window and locked them in the bathroom.
▪ The ones on the outer door I can understand, but why lock up the bathroom?
▪ I lock myself in the bathroom.
▪ Con: When you want privacy, you may be forced to lock yourself in the bathroom.
run
▪ But water ran cold in the bathroom basin.
▪ Petey had run crying into the bathroom where Carol found him and put him in her lap.
▪ But he went upstairs and I heard water running in the bathroom.
▪ I run into the bathroom and floss deodorize brush spray the works the usual.
▪ She ran upstairs to the bathroom, covered her head with a towel and spoke to the cold white wall.
▪ He hurried through the warehouse to avoid Astrid, who must have run into the bathroom.
▪ Benjy opened the door at the end of the counter and ran into the bathroom.
▪ The water is running in the bathroom.
share
▪ Many bedrooms have ensuite shower or bath/wc or two rooms share a bathroom.
▪ For years, the supervisors have shared bathrooms and conference rooms and worked in cramped offices.
▪ Suites of either two twins sharing a bathroom or one twin, one single sharing a bathroom are available.
▪ Patients have to obey a strict regime and Carre is forced to share a room and bathroom with another addict.
▪ At Wolf Ridge, you live in dorms and share a bathroom with a number of other people.
▪ We shared the toilets, bathroom, living room and kitchen.
▪ Guests in some of the less expensive rooms share a bathroom.
turn
▪ Pamela got up to take her morning shower, went into the bathroom, and turned on the faucets.
use
▪ He couldn't use the bathroom as an excuse this time.
▪ That night I woke up past mid-night and had to use the bathroom.
▪ My aching back woke me around 7.30, but that gave me plenty of time to use the communal bathroom and kitchen.
▪ We look around carefully before going to use the bathrooms.
▪ Miss Cress had left, smiling, had not committed herself, nor had she asked to use the bathroom.
▪ Norm needed to use the bathroom.
▪ She hoped Miss Cress would ask to use the bathroom.
▪ Wash your hands after using the bathroom, before beginning food preparation and after working with raw meat or poultry.
walk
▪ She walked into the bathroom and Rachaela heard the clink of the pot of cold cream.
▪ She got up and walked off into the bathroom.
▪ Naked, she walked into the bathroom and there surveyed herself in a way she had not done for some years.
▪ He felt his lip, spat blood, and walked into the bathroom.
▪ Ablaze with fiery emotions, Meredith walked self-consciously to the bathroom under Lucenzo's critical eyes.
▪ Hicks walked out of the bathroom.
▪ I walked into the bathroom and by then labour had started.
▪ As he walked out of the bathroom, he looked at his secretary for the first time that morning.
wash
▪ She could hear him thumping around in the bathroom, washing before dinner.
▪ In the bathroom, I washed myself.
▪ He got up and went to the bathroom to wash his face.
▪ In the office, he went directly to the minuscule bathroom and washed his face and hands.
▪ She went to the bathroom and washed her face in cold water.
▪ He puts the manuscript down on the table, goes into the bathroom, and washes the blood off his hands.
▪ Irina had dashed into the bathroom and was washing her hair with shaving-cream.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bathroom/toilet/shower stall
▪ He asked for the shampoo in the shower stall and she handed it to him.
▪ The urinals were metal, and in a distant area of shadows there appeared to be shower stalls.
▪ Think about it, really, would you trust somebody who promotes their self in a bathroom stall?
▪ Tillman worked her hard all day made her change sheets, scour shower stalls.
▪ We got a hotel room that featured peeling paint, no windows, and a john in the shower stall.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "Can I use your bathroom?" "Sure, go ahead."
▪ Excuse me, where's the bathroom?
▪ The bathroom is next to Jack's room.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And I can take it into the bathroom to read.
▪ Cyril emerged from the bathroom, holding out a pack of Kools.
▪ During the night I wake to dash the two yards from bunk to bathroom.
▪ He found the first corroboration of his suspicions in the small white-tiled bathroom beyond the bedroom.
▪ If I suddenly swanned out of the bathroom in satin, Nick would have a fit.
▪ The door facing the entrance turned out to be a bathroom.
▪ The trailers do not have sewer connections and residents are supposed to use resort or park bathrooms.