Toilet
['tɒɪlɪt] or ['tɔɪlət]
Definition
(noun.) the act of dressing and preparing yourself; 'he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast'.
(noun.) a room or building equipped with one or more toilets.
(noun.) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination.
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Definition
(n.) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.
(n.) A dressing table.
(n.) Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Dressing-table, toilet-table.[2]. Dress, attire, costume, mode of dressing.
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Definition
n. a dressing-table with a mirror: also a cover for such a table: the whole articles used in dressing: mode or operation of dressing: the whole dress and appearance of a person any particular costume.—ns. Toil′et-cloth -cov′er a cover for a dressing-table.—adj. Toil′eted dressed.—ns. Toil′et-glass a mirror set on the dressing-table; Toil′et-set -serv′ice the utensils collectively used in dressing; Toil′et-soap a fine kind of soap made up in cakes; Toil′et-tā′ble a dressing-table.—Make one's toilet to dress.
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Examples
- Reassured by her mistress' confident tone, Eliza proceeded nimbly and adroitly with her toilet, laughing at her own fears, as she proceeded. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- At eight in the morning, he came into my room just as I finished my toilet. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mouth washes are a valuable addition to the toilet as they assist to harden and heal the gums, cleanse the mouth and purify the breath. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- You must open the middle drawer of my toilet-table and take out a little phial and a little glass you will find there,--quick! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Well, Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, as his valet appeared at his bedroom door, just as he was concluding his toilet; 'all alive to-day, I suppose? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He awoke his man by singing a French song as he made his toilet. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I now commanded my own bed and my own toilet, with a locked work-box upon it, and locked drawers underneath. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Pyroxiline, xyloidine, and celluloid are allied products, which have found endless applications in toilet articles and for other uses, as a substitute for hard rubber. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It appears that he spends but little time at his toilet, or he would arrange it with more taste. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Ten minutes sufficed for the completion of his toilet, and at the expiration of that time he was by the old gentleman's side. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Oliver was not long in making his toilet; having taken some breakfast, he replied to a surly inquiry from Sikes, by saying that he was quite ready. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Having opened my chamber window, and seen that I left all things straight and neat on the toilet table, I ventured forth. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This chafing over, the ornamental part of Mr. George's toilet is soon performed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In performing other offices of the toilet, she half-directed, half-aided me, without the least display of temper or impatience. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They probably pull out their pistols when they go to the toilet and order the move they will make. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Beth, who was ready first, kept reporting what went on next door, and enlivened her sisters' toilets by frequent telegrams from the window. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- There no dense partition of yawns and toilets divides humanity by night from humanity by day. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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