Wiktionary
n. A toilet that disposes of the waste by using water to flush it through a drainpipe to another location.
WordNet
n. a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it [syn: lavatory]
Wikipedia
A flush toilet is a toilet that disposes of human liquid and solid waste, by using water to flush it through a drainpipe to another location for disposal, thus maintaining a separation between humans and their excreta. Flush toilets can be designed for sitting (in which case they are also called "Western" toilets) or for squatting, in the case of squat toilets. The opposite of a flush toilet is a dry toilet which uses no water for flushing.
Flush toilets usually incorporate an "S", "U", "J", or "P" shaped bend (called a trap, such as P trap or S trap) that causes the water in the toilet bowl to collect and act as a seal against sewer gases (trapping the gases). Since flush toilets are typically not designed to handle waste on site, their drain pipes must be connected to waste conveyance and waste treatment systems. When a toilet is flushed, the wastewater flows into a septic tank or sewage system and from there to a sewage treatment plant.
A flush toilet may be colloquially called a lavatory, water closet (abbreviated W.C.), loo, comfort room (abbreviated C.R.), and many other names.
A flush toilet is different from a urinal, which is designed to handle only liquid waste; or from a bidet, which can be used for personal cleansing after toilet use.
Usage examples of "flush toilet".
After a while she dragged herself to the new homemade flush toilet and tried to vomit the salts.
He went to King City and studied a flush toilet and then built one of craftily bent tin and carved wood.
You still see the fixtures around, since proprietors of public lavatories are loath to discard serviceable equipment, but they are gradually being replaced by the ordinary flush toilet.
Why take responsibility for a creature who can't even use a flush toilet?
To think a flush toilet could be the most fascinating thing youve seen.
To think a flush toilet could be the most fascinating thing you've seen.
I suppose it's harder to get enthused about a flush toilet, but they caused considerable wonderment.
Nemoto said the flush toilet, for instance, had taken a couple of prototypes to get right.
The courthouse has a real city-type flush toilet-but it's not working.