bathroom
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- Proto-Germanic *baþą Proto-West Germanic *baþ Old English bæþ Middle English bath English bath Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room English bathroom From bath + room. Compare Dutch badkamer (“bathroom”), German Badezimmer (“bathroom”), Swedish badrum (“bathroom”), Faroese baðrúm (“bathroom”).
Definitions
A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
- Although there was a cloakroom on the ground floor, the Old Rectory had only one bathroom, a defect which necessitated embarrassed, low-voiced enquiries before anyone upset their carefully worked-out rota by taking an unexpected bath.
- I wash in the bathroom.
A lavatory
A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.
- Most Americans don't know 'WC' and many Brits mock 'bathroom' but almost everyone understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.
To assist a patient with using the toilet and general personal hygiene.
The neighborhood
- synonymbathroom
- synonymlatrine
- synonymnecessarium
- synonymtoilet
- synonymtoilet room
- synonymurinal
- synonymwater closet
- synonymWC
- synonymcloaca
- synonymcloset
- synonymjacques
- synonymkocay
- neighborchamber pot
- neighboroutbuilding
- neighborouthouse
- neighborroom
- neighborgents'
- neighborman's room
- neighbormen's
- neighbormen's room
- neighborGentlemen's
- neighborgentlemen's room
- neighborcloakroom
- neighborgents
Derived
bathroom bag, bathroom bill, bathroom break, bathroom cabinet, bathroomette, bathroomful, bathroomgoer, bathroomish, bathroom kit, bathroomless, bathroomlike, bathroom scales, bathroom singer, bathroom tissue, bathroomware, bathroomy, do you need to use the bathroom, full bathroom, go to the bathroom, half bathroom, master bathroom, multibathroom, quarter bathroom, split bathroom, three-quarter bathroom, use the bathroom
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at bathroom. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at bathroom. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at bathroom
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA