Usually means: Room equipped for washing, toileting.
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  1. lavatory: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lavatory: Merriam-Webster
  3. lavatory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lavatory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lavatory: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lavatory: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lavatory, lavatory: Wordnik
  8. lavatory: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lavatory: Wiktionary
  10. lavatory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lavatory: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lavatory: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Lavatory, lavatory: Dictionary.com
  14. lavatory: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. lavatory: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Lavatory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Lavatory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. lavatory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. lavatory: Rhymezone
  20. lavatory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. lavatory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. lavatory: FreeDictionary.org
  23. lavatory: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  24. lavatory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. lavatory: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lavatory: Encyclopedia

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  2. lavatory: Medical dictionary

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  1. lavatory: Idioms

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  1. Lavatory: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly:
noun:  A laver: a washbasin.
noun:  (archaic) A bathtub.
noun:  (Christianity) A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels.
noun:  (Christianity) A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist.
noun:  (Christianity, usually figurative) A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins.
noun:  (construction, interior design) A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
noun:  Handwashing as an act, particularly
noun:  (Christianity) The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist.
noun:  (Christianity) The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.
noun:  (obsolete) A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse.
noun:  (dated) A washroom: a room used for washing the face and hands.
noun:  (euphemistic) A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK).
noun:  (UK, New England) A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
noun:  (dated) A place to wash clothes: a laundry.
noun:  (obsolete) A place where gold is panned.
noun:  (obsolete) A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid.
adjective:  (dated) Washing, or cleansing by washing.

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