Thunderbox vs. Toilet — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Thunderbox and Toilet
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Thunderbox
(slang) A chamber pot enclosed in a box; a portable commode.
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Toilet
A toilet is a piece of sanitary hardware that collects human urine and feces, and sometimes toilet paper, usually for disposal. Flush toilets use water, while dry or non-flush toilets do not.
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Thunderbox
Any lavatory or toilet, especially a rudimentary outdoor latrine or toilet, or an outhouse.
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Toilet
A fixed receptacle into which a person may urinate or defecate, typically consisting of a large bowl connected to a system for flushing away the waste into a sewer
Liz heard the toilet flush
A toilet seat
He got up to go to the toilet
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Thunderbox
(theater) A box of metal balls which is shaken to create a thunder sound effect.
Thunder run
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Toilet
The process of washing oneself, dressing, and attending to one's appearance
Her toilet completed, she finally went back downstairs
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Thunderbox
A blunderbuss; also, a cannon.
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Toilet
Assist or supervise (someone, especially an infant or invalid) in using a toilet.
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Toilet
An apparatus for defecation and urination, usually consisting of a bowl fitted with a hinged seat and connected to a waste pipe and a flushing apparatus.
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Toilet
A room or booth containing such an apparatus.
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Toilet
The act or process of dressing or grooming oneself.
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Toilet
Dress; attire; costume.
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Toilet
The cleansing of a body area as part of a surgical or medical procedure.
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Toilet
(Archaic) A dressing table.
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Toilet
A room or enclosed area containing a fixture used for urination and defecation (i.e. a toilet (sense 2)): a bathroom or water closet.
Sorry, I was in the toilet.
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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 backed up. Now the bathroom's flooded.
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Toilet
(figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place.
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Toilet
(NZ) A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation (i.e. a toilet (sense 2)) and sink but no bathtub or shower.toilet
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Toilet
(obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room.
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Toilet
(obsolete) The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table.
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Toilet
Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair.
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Toilet
One's style of dressing: dress, outfit.
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Toilet
(archaic) A dressing room.
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Toilet
(obsolete) A chamber pot.
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Toilet
(dated) To dress and groom oneself.
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Toilet
To use the toilet.
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Toilet
To assist another (a child, etc.) in using the toilet.
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Toilet
A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.
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Toilet
A dressing table.
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Toilet
Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect.
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Toilet
A room equipped with toilet facilities
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Toilet
A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
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Toilet
Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money;
His career was in the gutter
All that work went down the sewer
Pensions are in the toilet
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Toilet
The act of dressing and preparing yourself;
He made his morning toilet and went to breakfast
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