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— English words —

• lavatory n. A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly…
• lavatory n. Handwashing as an act, particularly.
• lavatory n. (Obsolete) A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse.
• lavatory n. (Dated) A washroom: a room used for washing the face and hands.
• lavatory n. (Euphemistic) A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK).
• lavatory n. (UK, New England) A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
• lavatory n. (Dated) A place to wash clothes: a laundry.
• lavatory n. (Obsolete) A place where gold is panned.
• lavatory n. (Obsolete) A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid.
• lavatory adj. (Dated) Washing, or cleansing by washing.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Middle english
  • lavatory n. Alternative form of lavatorie.

— English words, defined in German —

• lavatory S. Toilette, WC.
• lavatory S. Waschraum.

— English words, defined in French —

• lavatory n. (Construction) (Par euphémisme) Toilettes (pièce destinée à faire ses besoins).
• lavatory n. (Royaume-Uni) (Nouvelle-Angeletrre) Toilettes (appareil sanitaire recueillant et évacuant les besoins naturels).
• lavatory n. (Construction) (Vieilli) Lavabo.
• lavatory n. (Archaïsme) Baignoire.
• lavatory n. (Vieilli) Buanderie.

— In French —

• lavatory n.m. (Anglicisme) (Désuet) Appellation commerciale empruntée…
• lavatory n.m. (Anglicisme) (Désuet) Toilettes publiques souterraines…
• lavatory n.m. (Anglicisme) (Désuet) Salle de bain ou cabinet de toilette…
• lavatory n.m. (Rare) (Littéraire) Toilettes publiques, dans un contexte anglo-saxon.

50 English words from 11 English definitions

act Alternative and are bathroom cleansing clothes containing corpses Dated defecation disinfecting England Euphemistic face fixture fluid for form gold hands Handwashing kept kept␣under laundry liquid lotion mortuary New New␣England Obsolete panned particularly paved place plumbing rinse room room␣in shower the toilet under urination used vessel wash washing washroom where

18 English words from 11 foreign definitions

anglo Appellation Baignoire bain cabinet Construction dans faire Lavabo les Par publiques Rare Salle ses toilette Toilettes Uni

30 foreign words from 11 foreign definitions

Anglicisme anglo-saxon appareil Archaïsme besoins besoins␣naturels Buanderie cabinet␣de␣toilette commerciale contexte destinée Désuet empruntée euphémisme évacuant faire␣ses␣besoins Littéraire naturels Nouvelle pièce recueillant Royaume Royaume-Uni Salle␣de␣bain sanitaire saxon souterraines Toilettes␣publiques Vieilli Waschraum

22 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

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15 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ava Ava AVA 'ava aval Ota OTA rot ROT rota Rota tav tava val Val

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

salvatory vallatory

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

lavat'ry

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

lavat'ry

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