Noun

Even the lavatory , a vestibule to the refectory through which the novices would pass on their way to the recreation room, boasted a painting cycle.

People needing to use the lavatory often ask to use the baño in a restaurant; toilet paper is rarely available, so the experienced traveler always carries a personal supply.

Lavatories (bathroom sinks) are available in a blizzard of colors, materials, and styles.

If your lavatory doesn?t have a predrilled flange, the great advantage to the widespread configuration is that you gain flexibility in locating your spout and handles (probably a bigger advantage for tubs than for lavatories).

Anywhere a water closet is used, a lavatory (ie, hand-washing sink) must also be installed.

In a traditional German lavatory', the hole in which shit disappears after we flush water is way in front, so that the shit is first laid out for us to sniff at and inspect for traces of some illness; in the typical French '''lavatory''', on the contrary, the hole is in the back - that is, the shit is supposed to disappear as soon as possible; finally, the Anglo-Saxon (English or American) ' lavatory presents a kind of synthesis, a mediation between these two opposed poles - the basin is full of water so that the shit floats in it - visible, but not to be inspected.

Noun

Three women got down and standing on the curb they made unabashed toilets , smoothing skirts and stockings, brushing one another's back, opening parcels and donning various finery.

"It is so painful in you, Celia, that you will look at human beings as if they were merely animals with a toilet , and never see the great soul in a man's face."

"It is a quarter-past two," he said. "Your telegram was dispatched about one. But no one can glance at your toilet and attire without seeing that your disturbance dates from the moment of your waking."

there were also tons of garbage festering in the sun, and the greasy laundry of the workers hung out to dry, and dining rooms littered with food and black with flies, and toilet rooms that were open sewers.

He would hit her when she cried and, if this did not work, would lock her in the toilet for hours on end.

EPA is currently developing the specification for high-efficiency toilets . All HETs that meet WaterSense criteria for efficiency and performance will be eligible to receive a label once EPA finalizes the specification. — US Environmental Protection Agency.

Look around you. It's a toilet .

And now, unveil’d, the toilet stands display’d,

Each silver vase in mystic order laid.

First, robed in white, the nymph intent adores,

With head uncover’d, the cosmetic powers.

A heav’nly image in the glass appears;

To that she bends, to that her eyes she rears.