commode

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A low chest of drawers on short legs.
A stand for a washbowl and jug.
A chair containing a chamber pot.
A toilet.
A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.

/kəˈməʊd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commode.wav

commode commodes

Borrowed from French commode (literally “convenient”). Doublet of comodo.

washstand chamber pot toilet

accommodation commodious discommode incommode air commode bidet

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