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Lavatory vs. Washbasin — What's the Difference?

Lavatory vs. Washbasin — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Lavatory and Washbasin

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Lavatory

A room, building, or cubicle containing a toilet or toilets
He locked himself in the downstairs lavatory
Public lavatories

Washbasin

See washbowl.

Lavatory

A room equipped with washing and often toilet facilities; a bathroom.

Washbasin

A basin used for washing, particularly a permanently installed sink, fitted with a water supply and a drain, for washing the hands and face.

Lavatory

A washbowl or basin, especially one permanently installed with running water.
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Washbasin

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

Lavatory

A flush toilet.

Washbasin

A basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression)

Lavatory

A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly:

Lavatory

A laver: a washbasin.

Lavatory

(archaic) A bathtub.

Lavatory

(Christianity) A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels.

Lavatory

(Christianity) A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist.

Lavatory

A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins.

Lavatory

(construction, interior design) A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
Their 'bathroom' included a toilet and a lavatory but no bath.

Lavatory

Handwashing as an act, particularly

Lavatory

(Christianity) The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist.

Lavatory

(Christianity) The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.

Lavatory

(obsolete) A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse.

Lavatory

(dated) A washroom: a room used for washing the face and hands.

Lavatory

(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'.

Lavatory

A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.

Lavatory

(dated) A place to wash clothes: a laundry.

Lavatory

(obsolete) A place where gold is panned.

Lavatory

(obsolete) A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid.

Lavatory

(dated) Washing, or cleansing by washing.

Lavatory

Washing, or cleansing by washing.

Lavatory

A place for washing.

Lavatory

A basin or other vessel for washing in.

Lavatory

A wash or lotion for a diseased part.

Lavatory

A place where gold is obtained by washing.

Lavatory

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.

Lavatory

A room equipped with toilet facilities

Lavatory

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

Lavatory

A toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it

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