comfort station

noun

Synonyms of comfort station next

: restroom

Examples of comfort station in a Sentence

a theme park abundantly supplied with comfort stations

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For number one or two, there are zero comfort stations east of 15th Street, and between the Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol. —

Anna Spiegel, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024 Derrick Louis of Hawaii's State Parks Division reported that employees are taking extra care to clean the Kalalau beach campsite's comfort station. —

Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2024 More public bathrooms are in parks than in any other type of place, yet New York — with just 0.8 comfort stations per 10,000 residents — brings up the rear among U.S. cities. —

New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024 Cecily Alcantara’s family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is confined in a basement to prevent being pressed into service at the comfort stations. —

Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 1 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for comfort station

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1913, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of comfort station was circa 1913

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“Comfort station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comfort%20station. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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