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adj
Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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adj
Secret, hidden, concealed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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adj
With knowledge of; party to; let in on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A lavatory: a room with a toilet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: bathroom, latrine, necessarium, toilet, toilet room, urinal, water closet, WC, cloaca, closet, jacques, kocay, siege, cludgie, neddy, netty, shield, six, facilities, ladies and gentlemen, lavatory, lavabo, necessary, necessary room, office, office of ease, place, potty, privy, small room, smallest room, throne room, cottage, geography, House of Lords, khazi, usual offices, restroom, teahouse, tearoom, washroom, comfort room, CR, closet of decency, closet of ease, house of office, necessary place, purging place, vault, withdraught, wardrobe, shitter, urination station, bog, carsey, crapper, karzy, lats, lav, lavvy, loo, thunderbox, can, john, johnny, bogger, brasco, dike, dunny, jacks, jakes
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noun
A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: big white telephone, bog, can, commode, crapper, crapper trapper, donniker, dunny, head, highway to hell, jacks, jakes, john, khazi, latrine, lav, pisser, pooper, porcelain god, porcelain goddess, porcelain throne, pot, potty, privy, Quincy, shitcan, shitpot, shitter, stool, throne, toilet, toot
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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adjective satellite
hidden from general view or use
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: secluded, secret
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noun
a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: outhouse, earth-closet, jakes
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: outbuilding
noun
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, bathroom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: room
Narrower terms: head, public toilet, comfort station, public convenience, convenience, public lavatory, restroom, toilet facility, wash room, washroom, water closet, closet, W.C., loo
History
From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (“private”), from Latin prīvātus (“deprived”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“to bereave, deprive; to free, release”). Doublet of private.
Across languages
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
