Bathroom vs. Lavatory
Bathroomnoun
A room containing a shower and/or bathtub, and a toilet.
Lavatorynoun
A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly:
Bathroomnoun
A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and a bathtub.
‘''Most Americans don't know 'WC' and many Brits mock 'bathroom' but almost everyone understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.’;
Lavatorynoun
A laver: a washbasin.
Bathroomnoun
a room (as in a residence) containing a bath or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
Lavatorynoun
(archaic) A bathtub.
Bathroomnoun
a room equipped with toilet facilities
Lavatorynoun
(Christianity) A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels.
Bathroom
A bathroom or washroom is a room, typically in a home or other residential building, that contains either a bathtub or a shower (or both). The inclusion of a wash basin is common.
Lavatorynoun
(Christianity) A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist.
Lavatorynoun
A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins.
Lavatorynoun
A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
‘Their 'bathroom' included a toilet and a lavatory but no bath.’;
Lavatorynoun
Handwashing, particularly
Lavatorynoun
(Christianity) The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist.
Lavatorynoun
(Christianity) The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.
Lavatorynoun
(obsolete) A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse.
Lavatorynoun
(dated) A washroom: a room used for washing the face and hands.
Lavatorynoun
(euphemism) A room containing a toilet: a bathroom US or WC UK.
‘Americans don't know 'WC' and Brits mock 'bathroom' but everyone usually understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.’;
Lavatorynoun
A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
Lavatorynoun
(dated) A place to wash clothes: a laundry.
Lavatorynoun
(obsolete) A place where gold is panned.
Lavatorynoun
(obsolete) A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid.
Lavatoryadjective
(dated) Washing, or cleansing by washing.
Lavatoryadjective
Washing, or cleansing by washing.
Lavatorynoun
A place for washing.
Lavatorynoun
A basin or other vessel for washing in.
Lavatorynoun
A wash or lotion for a diseased part.
Lavatorynoun
A place where gold is obtained by washing.
Lavatorynoun
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.
Lavatorynoun
a room equipped with toilet facilities
Lavatorynoun
a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face;
‘he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face’;
Lavatorynoun
a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it
Lavatorynoun
a room, building, or cubicle containing a toilet or toilets
‘he locked himself in the downstairs lavatory’; ‘public lavatories’;
Lavatorynoun
a flush toilet
‘she flushed the lavatory’; ‘I needed to go to the lavatory’;
Lavatorynoun
a sink or washbasin in a bathroom or toilet.
