"water closet" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Aquild-water closet.wav Forms: water closets [plural], water-closet [alternative], watercloset [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water closet (plural water closets)
  1. (chiefly Europe) A room containing a flush toilet. Tags: Europe Derived forms (as a lavatory): closet
    Sense id: en-water_closet-en-noun-kbaLXRqH Categories (other): European English, English entries with incorrect language header, Rooms, Toilet (room) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 52 4 Disambiguation of Rooms: 67 18 15 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 61 39 0 Synonyms: bathroom [US], bog [UK, slang, vulgar], bogger [Australia, slang], brasco [Australia, slang], can [US, slang], carsey [UK, slang], cloaca, closet [obsolete], closet of decency [obsolete], closet of ease [obsolete], cludgie, cottage [slang], crapper [slang, vulgar], dike [Australia, New-Zealand, slang], dunny [Australia, New-Zealand, slang], facilities, geography [UK, slang], House of Lords [UK, dated, humorous, slang], house of office [obsolete], jacks [Irish, slang], jacques [obsolete], jakes [Irish], john [US, slang], johnny [US, dated], karzy [UK, slang], khazi, kocay [obsolete], ladies and gentlemen [rare], latrine, lats [UK, slang], lav [UK, slang], lavatory, lavabo [humorous, slang], lavvy [UK, slang], loo [UK, slang], necessarium [humorous], necessary, necessary place [obsolete], necessary room, neddy [Geordie, obsolete], netty [Geordie], office [archaic], office of ease, place, potty [childish], privy [dated], purging place [obsolete], restroom [US], shield [Scotland, obsolete], shitter [slang, vulgar], siege [obsolete], six [North-Wales], small room, smallest room, teahouse [dated, slang], tearoom [dated, slang], thunderbox [Australia, UK], toilet, toilet room [dated], throne room [humorous, slang], urination station [slang], usual offices [UK], vault [obsolete], wardrobe [obsolete], washroom [Canada, US], water closet [UK], WC [UK], withdraught [obsolete] Disambiguation of 'as a lavatory': 65 35 0
  2. (UK) A flush toilet itself. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-water_closet-en-noun-ZXWonDy6 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 52 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 53 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 56 4 Synonyms: big white telephone [slang], bog [UK, slang], can [slang], commode, crapper, crapper trapper [rare], devil's back roads [rare, slang], dunny [Australia, New-Zealand, slang], head [jargon], highway to hell [rare, slang], jacks [Irish, slang], jakes [Irish, slang], john [US, slang], khazi, latrine [jargon], lav [UK, slang], pisser, pooper [slang], porcelain god [slang], porcelain goddess [slang], pot, potty [childish], privy, Quincy [US, obsolete, slang], shitcan, shitpot, shitter, stool, throne [euphemistic], toilet, toot [Australia]
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, closet. Derived forms: WC
    Sense id: en-water_closet-en-noun-uSjgb2C1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "tags": [
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          "word": "porcelain god"
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        {
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