Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A room containing a bathtub or shower, and usually a toilet and sink.
  • noun A room containing a toilet and sink.
  • idiom (go to the bathroom) To defecate or urinate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A room containing a bath where one can bathe.
  • noun A room containing a toilet.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
  • noun a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet

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Examples

  • I even got up early to play sims before school. then after school me and holly played till 9. haha woohoo. well my bathroom meter is a little low .. gotta go fill up green! nous parlour, ahkikiki * runs to the bathroom*

    poontang Diary Entry poontang 2009

  • The jotter is basically covering for the fact that I can't remember things long enough to get from one room to another -- so if I'm in the bathroom and realize we need more soap, I have to write it down * in the bathroom* or I'll never remember it long enough to get it to the master list on the fridge. leicamaster on Thu, 2009-01-15 06: 23.

    D*I*Y Planner - Comments Ally P. 2009

  • The jotter is basically covering for the fact that I can't remember things long enough to get from one room to another -- so if I'm in the bathroom and realize we need more soap, I have to write it down * in the bathroom* or I'll never remember it long enough to get it to the master list on the fridge. leicamaster on Thu, 2009-01-15 06: 23.

    D*I*Y Planner - Comments 2009

  • The term bathroom means different things to different people.

    Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO' 2008

  • According to one informed source who has confided in me after recently returning from a trip to Syria (the new enlightened herd very much likes using this phrase or something similar) the bathroom is the most likely crime scene for these psychotically sick and abnormal boys and girls.

    Global Voices in English » Syria: A Week Against Everything and Anything 2009

  • Make sure you have a regular clearout though, as the bathroom is a prime place for out-of-date medicines or half-used bottles of shampoo to accumulate.

    Hollow Stash | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • I will spare all the details but the boys and the bathroom is a DANGEROUS mix!!

    Thing 1 and Thing 2 Beth McC. 2009

  • I will spare all the details but the boys and the bathroom is a DANGEROUS mix!!

    Archive 2009-03-01 Beth McC. 2009

  • Closing them in a bathroom is also an option, though you need to make sure there is not way they could get out, get hurt, or get into the wall (the latter happened to a friend of mine).

    Advice? 2007

  • Closing them in a bathroom is also an option, though you need to make sure there is not way they could get out, get hurt, or get into the wall (the latter happened to a friend of mine).

    Advice? 2007

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  • Whew! Do NOT go in there!! *waving palm in front of face*

    --Ace Ventura, Pet Detective

    December 12, 2007

  • When I was living in the States I had to learn to use this word instead of toilet, which drew stares and raised eyebrows in polite company, despite being perfectly acceptable in my homeland. Then I had to unlearn it three years later, lest I be thought prissy.

    March 30, 2008

  • *cough, cough*

    anybody got any air freshner?

    August 3, 2008

  • Despite what they say about you in some countries - see https://www.wordnik.com/words/4 1⁄2'>https://www.wordnik.com/words/4 1⁄2 - you're always a room to me mate.

    July 11, 2016

  • Those last 4 letters are a dead giveaway.

    July 11, 2016