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toilet - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'toilet' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Toilet [ n.]
- A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.
- A dressing table.
- Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect.

Meaning of 'toilet' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . toilet [ n]
Meaning (1):
- misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
Example in sentence:
  • all that work went down the sewer;
  • his career was in the gutter;
  • pensions are in the toilet
Meaning (2):
- the act of dressing and preparing yourself
Example in sentence:
  • he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast