small room

noun

A lavatory: a room intended for urination and defecation.

Meanings

nounsmall room (plural small rooms)

plural small rooms

  1. euphemisticrareA lavatory: a room intended for urination and defecation.

    Has the railway carriage got a small room to it?

    1858 February 7, Queen Victoria, letter
    1 more example

    Whereas we strain in the small room, they immerse themselves in a ‘resting’ bath, which draws their waste from them.

    1982, P. Mann, Eye of Queen, page 183

    Synonyms: bathroom, latrine, necessarium, toilet, toilet room, urinal, water closet, WC

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see small, room.

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