lavatory

Meanings

Noun

• A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly:
• Handwashing, particularly
• A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse.
• A washroom: a room used for washing the face and hands.
• A room containing a toilet: a bathroom or WC .
• A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
• A place to wash clothes: a laundry.
• A place where gold is panned.
• A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid.

Adjective

• Washing, or cleansing by washing.

Related

Similar words

• See washbasin
• See sink

Origin

• From Middle English lavatorie, from Late Latin lavātōrium, from Latin lavō ("to wash") + -ium. lavatorium. As a place to pan gold, via Spanish lavadero. See also lave.