The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lavatory \Lav"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. Lavatories. [L. lavatorium: cf. lavatoire. See Lave to wash, and cf. Laver.]
A place for washing.
A basin or other vessel for washing in.
A wash or lotion for a diseased part.
A place where gold is obtained by washing.
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A room containing one or more sinks for washing, as well as one or more toilet fixtures; also called bathroom, toilet, and sometimes commode. Commode and toilet may refer to a room with only a toilet fixture, but without a sink.
Syn: toilet, lavatory, can, facility, john, privy, bathroom.
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n. (plural of lavatory English)
Usage examples of "lavatories".
Philomena Toussaint began speaking in tongues and Mr Pike, carried away by the emotional atmosphere, confided that his dream for Castle Prison was to see flushing lavatories installed in every cell.
And the agent added that he had followed the suspect, that is to say Dermoshchenko, into various lavatories in many different parts of Moscow.
Other wonder boys visited all the lavatories in town and searched them systematically, gathering in the process additional valuable material.
A permanent apparatus of surveillance was set up in the lavatories: hidden cameras, microphones and similar equipment.
How was he to explain the fact that the film cameras up in the public lavatories clearly showed the figure of Dermoshchenko as he carried out the operation described by agent B week after week, and that the film showed a host of other people coming and going and satisfying their natural needs, but not once did any sort of accomplice appear to collect the fragments of cloth or leave other ones for Dermoshchenko and his fellow spies to collect.
And at this point it occurred to him that there might be some sort of connection between the lavatories and the collective farm manure.
The Habbers take their turns preparing meals, working in the greenhouse, and cleaning the lavatories just like the rest of us.
But in the future, you might hope and pray for more punishment in the lavatories if she finds fault.
Anyhow, she let him go into the lavatories while she went to that little supermarket, what’s it called?
Turning her back on the public lavatories she hurried back through the quadrangles to the refuge of the car, the icy rain needling her face to numbness.
The supermarket had only changed hands in the last month, and the new owner, a taciturn Pakistani, insisted that he knew nothing of when or why the lavatories had been closed.
Anyhow, she let him go into the lavatories while she went to that little supermarket, what's it called?
Three-man patrols swarmed through the concourse shops, lavatories, and stockrooms, checking the baggage and cargo areas, the employees' lounges and changing areas, even the chapel and the day-care center.
She walked past the lavatories, then up the left-hand aisle, double-checking to make sure that she hadn't overlooked any seats.
Lee’s admiration began on the railway station platform, which was equipped with waiting rooms and lavatories in a smart yet cottagey building trimmed with cast-iron lace.