powder room

noun

1
: a restroom for women
2
: a lavatory in the main living area of a house

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Down the hall is a powder room and stairs to the basement. Angela Serratore, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025 The powder room’s authentic USA copper penny tile walls by Indy Penny Tile make Toumbakaris swoon, alongside 1930s sconces from Carlos Antiques and mirrored tile and sink by Country Floors atop an apothecary cabinet from Etsy. Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 31 Dec. 2024 An elevator stops on all four floors, and as designed, there will be three and potentially four bedrooms and a total of four bathrooms, plus a powder room just inside the front door. Mark David, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2024 This specific unit has three bedrooms, three full bathrooms, and a powder room, plus a spacious great room overlooking the city’s skyline, Intracoastal Waterway, and Atlantic Ocean. Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for powder room 

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of powder room was in 1927

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“Powder room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/powder%20room. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

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