"women's room" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: women's rooms [plural]
Etymology: Probably a generic variant of the earlier-attested ladies' room (“a waiting room for women”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} women's room (plural women's rooms)
  1. (chiefly US, euphemistic) Synonym of ladies' room: a public lavatory intended for women. Tags: US, euphemistic Categories (topical): Rooms, Toilet (room) Synonyms: ladies' room [synonym, synonym-of], woman's room Synonyms (lavatory): bathroom Hypernyms (lavatory): bathroom Related terms: little girls' room Coordinate_terms: men's room
    Sense id: en-women's_room-en-noun-Vqi44crK Disambiguation of Rooms: 56 44 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 64 36 Categories (other): American English, English euphemisms Disambiguation of 'lavatory': 59 41 Disambiguation of 'lavatory': 59 41
  2. (historical) A waiting room in a railway station or other public building intended exclusively for women and usually including a separate women's lavatory. Tags: historical Synonyms (women's waiting room): ladies' room Hypernyms (waiting room): waiting room
    Sense id: en-women's_room-en-noun-lX9EeO2j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of "women's waiting room": 42 58 Disambiguation of 'waiting room': 25 75

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