as in bathroom
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
the school's filthy, broken-down lavatories were a disgrace
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Recent Examples of lavatory
Witnesses and law enforcement sources told WLS that a passenger scuffled with crewmembers mid-air, and a bomb threat was found written on a note in a lavatory a short time later.
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2024
Nearby, makeshift pits shielded by burlap serve as lavatories.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2024
As for staying away from the galleys and lavatories, those are two of the most disruptive spaces on planes.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2024
Flight attendants have also landed in hot water for shuffling nursing mothers into the lavatory and not allowing their breast pumps on board.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2024
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2024
Nearby, makeshift pits shielded by burlap serve as lavatories.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2024
As for staying away from the galleys and lavatories, those are two of the most disruptive spaces on planes.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2024
Flight attendants have also landed in hot water for shuffling nursing mothers into the lavatory and not allowing their breast pumps on board.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lavatory
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Then notice how much fresher your bathroom smells. 6.Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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First is a lengthy 12-minute cold open: a flash-forward that almost immediately answers the Kevin Costner question by revealing that Governor John Dutton has been shot and killed in the bathroom of his governor’s mansion in Helena.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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Unlike many professional sports stadiums that pipe audio of the game broadcast into restroom speakers, Intuit Dome, the brand-new home of the Los Angeles Clippers, plays a different soundtrack for fans using its more than 1,100 touchless toilets and urinals: pop music.Andrew Greif, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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The park also operates several warming huts, which feature restrooms and may even have light snacks.Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2024
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On Facebook, Hervey Bay Snake Catchers shared a series of images of the snake, showing it in the toilet and being held by Godfrey.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Allen's strange behavior in custody included hitting his head on the wall, washing his face in the toilet, refusing food, eating paper, smearing feces in his cell and putting feces on his face for two hours, according to testimony from corrections officers.Jeremy Edwards, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Lavatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lavatory. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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