"water closet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water closets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water closet (plural water closets)
  1. (chiefly Europe) A room containing a flush toilet. Tags: Europe Categories (topical): Rooms, Toilet (room) Synonyms: bathroom
    Sense id: en-water_closet-en-noun-kbaLXRqH Disambiguation of Rooms: 39 33 27 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 42 38 20 Categories (other): European English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 20 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 18 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 24 35
  2. (UK) A flush toilet itself. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Rooms, Toilet (room) Synonyms: toilet
    Sense id: en-water_closet-en-noun-ZXWonDy6 Disambiguation of Rooms: 39 33 27 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 42 38 20 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: 42 20 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 18 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 24 35
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, closet. Categories (topical): Rooms, Toilet (room) Synonyms: water-closet, watercloset Derived forms: WC
    Sense id: en-water_closet-en-noun-uSjgb2C1 Disambiguation of Rooms: 39 33 27 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 42 38 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 20 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 18 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 24 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (as a lavatory): closet
Disambiguation of 'as a lavatory': 50 46 4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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