"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: 47 34 19 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 54 37 9 Categories (other): European English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 42 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 41 19 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 42 16
  2. (UK) A flush toilet itself. Tags: UK Synonyms: toilet
    Sense id: en-water_closet-en-noun-ZXWonDy6 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 42 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 41 19 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 42 16
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, closet. Synonyms: water-closet, watercloset Derived forms: WC
    Sense id: en-water_closet-en-noun-uSjgb2C1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 42 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 41 19 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 42 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (as a lavatory): closet
Disambiguation of 'as a lavatory': 52 44 4

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