water closet

noun

A room containing a flush toilet.

Meanings

nounwater closet (plural water closets)

plural water closets · alternative initialism WC · alternative water-closet · alternative watercloset

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, closet.

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

nouna toilet in Britain

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic مُسْتَرَاح
  • مُسْتَرَاح (mustarāḥ)room with a toilet
Polish toaleta, ubikacja
  • toaletaroom with a toilet
  • ubikacjaroom with a toilet
  • WCroom with a toilet
  • klozettoilet
  • ubikacjatoilet
Spanish water closet, wáter-closet
  • water closetroom with a toilet
  • wáter-closetroom with a toilet
  • waterroom with a toilet
  • wáterroom with a toilet
  • váterroom with a toilet
  • water closettoilet
  • wáter-closettoilet
  • watertoilet
  • wátertoilet
  • vátertoilet
Cite this entry
APA

water closet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20closet

MLA

“water closet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20closet. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “water closet,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20closet.

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