toilet
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Synonyms & Antonyms for toilet
Synonyms: Noun
bath, bathroom, bog [British], can, cloakroom [British], comfort station, convenience [chiefly British], head, john, latrine, lavatory, loo [chiefly British], potty, restroom, washroom, water closet
Synonyms: Verb
apparel, array, attire, bedeck, caparison, clothe, costume, deck (out), do up, dress, dress up, enrobe, garb, garment, get up, gown, habit, invest, rig (out), robe, suit, tog (up or out), vesture
Antonyms: Verb
disarray, disrobe, strip, unclothe, undress, untruss [archaic]
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Examples of toilet in a Sentence
Noun
One of the kids needed to use the toilet. a painting of a woman at her toiletVerb
the princess required at least a dozen maids to toilet her for formal occasions
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Threats were written inside a portable toilet in a construction site. — Washington Post, "Loudoun County crime report," 15 Aug. 2019 Unusually for a sitcom, the show featured several scenes in the boys’ en-suite bathroom, the setting for pranks like hiding a baby alligator in the toilet tank. — Joanna Scutts, Curbed, "The shows we’ve lived by," 14 Aug. 2019 Then came a flash of light and a deafening crack, and a toilet lay in ruin. — Matthew Cappucci, chicagotribune.com, "Toilet explodes during Florida thunderstorm," 12 Aug. 2019 Once it was restored, water pressure was so low, the new toilets wouldn’t flush. — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, "Baltimore housing authority spent nearly $200,000 to replace new toilets amid Poe Homes water outage," 9 Aug. 2019 Police Chief Will Johnson said the handwritten note was found inside a portable toilet at the construction site. — Dallas News, "Arlington police increase weekend security after threat left at Rangers' construction site," 9 Aug. 2019 The toilet in the Port Charlotte residence was shattered into hundreds of pieces, but no one was injured. — David Boroff, Anchorage Daily News, "Toilet explodes in Florida home after lightning strikes septic tank," 8 Aug. 2019 The little girl was wrapped in a toilet cover and bathroom rug. — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, "A Baby Was Found in a Backpack in Illinois In 2016 — and Suspect Mom Is Only Known by Her DNA," 7 Aug. 2019 And then there is just a toilet brush left as the one gift. — Condé Nast Traveler, "How to Plan a Trip Around Someone Else's Wedding: Women Who Travel Podcast," 6 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Duties and activities that may be required of the nurses include ventilator care, tracheotomy care and suctioning, medication administration, toileting/diapering and oral feeding. — Erika Butler, baltimoresun.com, "Harford school board OKs contracts for security cameras on new buses," 25 July 2019 The most popular posts by far have tended to be comical rather than truly spooky; the post with the most impressions is a Polo Ralph Lauren toilet that, so far, has reached 1.5 million people. — Margaret Lin, Curbed, "This meme page curates the best of the internet’s ‘spooky toilets’," 5 Oct. 2018 But the clogger had been even busier in past years, Kerlin told the Sheboygan Press — blocking the same public women’s toilet 14 times in 2017, and 12 the year before. — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, "Serial toilet clogger cost city thousands. But a tip just flushed him out, police say," 30 May 2018 But check out one of the bathrooms to see something uncharacteristic of Tudors: A strawberry pink bathtub, sink and toilet. — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, "Oddball or adorable Oregon homes for sale: How pink is your sink?," 18 Mar. 2018 The service can then quickly locate the brand, size and amount of a household good — from shampoo to toilet paper —that the customer previously bought, or make suggestions based on those past purchases. — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, "Walmart products to be available via Google Express," 23 Aug. 2017 Scabies and lice can cling to towels, clothes, and bedding, but not toilet seats. — Jenelle Marie Pierce, Allure, "The Truth About Whether You Can Get an STI From a Toilet Seat," 17 Aug. 2017 The technology is available in selected models, but it can also be installed in an existing toilet with Kohler's Touchless toilet flush kit—expected to retail for $100. — Olivia Rassow, ELLE Decor, "Add Touchless Technology To Your Bath Without Replacing Anything," 19 May 2014 Venezuela, for the record, is currently suffering chronic shortages of everything from food to toilet paper, a mass civil insurrection and murderous police brutality. — Michael J. Totten, The Atlantic, "Why the Rise of Corbyn's Labour Party Should Worry the West," 13 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'toilet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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