A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
Sorry, I was in the toilet.
A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly one with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which uses water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system.
My toilet got clogged. Now the bathroom's flooded.
A very shabby or dirty place.
Look around you. It's a toilet.
To dress and groom oneself.
To use (urinate or defecate in) a toilet.
We use imitation. We take a doll, a doll that can wet, and make sure it has pants on it. We use the principle that a very effective way of learning is by teaching. Se we have him teach the doll how to toilet properly.
From Middle French toilette, diminutive of toile (“cloth”), from their use to protect clothing while shaving or arranging hair. From its use as a private room, toilet came to refer euphemistically to ...
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To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.