"dry closet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dry closets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dry closet (plural dry closets)
  1. A toilet, containing no water, in which earth or ashes were added to the excrement after each use, the contents being regularly collected. Synonyms: earth closet Translations (Translations): kuivakäymälä (Finnish), Trockenklosett [neuter] (German), sucha toaleta [feminine] (Polish), torrklosett [common-gender] (Swedish), torrtoalett [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dry_closet-en-noun-JPDtM3aC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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