[ US /ˈɫævəˌtɔɹi/ ]
[ UK /lˈævətəɹˌi/ ]
NOUN
  1. a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
  2. a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it
  3. a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
    he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started For Free Linguix pencil

How To Use lavatory In A Sentence

  • I swallowed my tears and washed my face in the small sink in the adjacent lavatory.
  • There are flowers everywhere: on a pair of sandals, on a box of tissues, in vivid bloom on the top of a lavatory.
  • In his biography Alec Guinness: The Unknown, Garry O'Connor reveals that Guinness was arrested and fined 10 guineas for a homosexual act in a public lavatory in Liverpool in 1946.
  • He demoted her to lavatory attendant. A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945
  • There must be at least one bath or shower, one lavatory and one kitchen between five people. Times, Sunday Times
  • He could see his reflection, turned gaunt and ashen, in the fragment of mirror propped against the lavatory window.
  • The gents' lavatory has dirty walls with peeling paint and loose tiles. Times, Sunday Times
  • While toilet and lavatory have discarded their original meanings, terms such as bog retained their original meanings (` a marshy place ') as well as being understood in Britain as a slang synonym for a toilet; it achieved an entry in Hotten's dictionary as early as 1864 as "a privy as distinguished from a water-closet. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 4
  • There would be all sorts of things rattling down on you - railings and chamber pots and lavatory pots.
  • When she walked the few steps to the lavatory she needed a rest. Times, Sunday Times
View all
This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy