washroom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A room intended to wash the face and hands.
  2. A room with a toilet, particularly a public toilet.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɒʃrʊm/ /ˈwɒʃruːm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-washroom.wav

Word forms

washroom washrooms

Etymology

From wash + room in reference to its sinks, but generally used euphemistically outside of Canada and the United States.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.