as in restrooms
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
everyone should use the bathroom before we leave on the long trip
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Recent Examples of bathrooms
This two-story home offers a spacious layout with four bedrooms and three bathrooms.
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Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
Today, bathrooms are becoming spa-like retreats.
—Laura Fenton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2026
Ample bedrooms spill open to the outdoors, and some of the striking bathrooms include moody black vanities and soaking tubs.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Jan. 2026
Also, nobody smokes cigarettes anymore; school bathrooms are installed with silent alarms in case of vaping.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
The Howard County home, the former residence of an IT engineering executive, has seven bedrooms (most with hardwood floors), eight bathrooms (five full) and more than 16,000 square feet of living space.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
Imagine a big box, Book said — a large, indoor space with beds, bathrooms and onsite health services.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2025
Much of the changes the school is implementing involve ensuring that special-education staff do not bring cellphones into bathrooms and are not left alone with students in the sensory room or during bathroom procedures.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2025
Under the bill, sponsored by Councilmember Sandy Nurse, the city would be required to develop a blueprint for building more bathrooms, with a specific benchmark of getting 2,120 public toilets available in the next 10 years, although there’s no mandate for the city to make good on that number.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bathrooms
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Overall, the cost of holding the parade has jumped from about $12,000 to almost $50,000, including signs, portable restrooms and permits.—
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The multimillion-dollar plan was sparked by the city’s request for proposals for restrooms that would eliminate the need to drill underground to be connected to the city’s sewer and water lines.—
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Bathroom Aziz says Magic Erasers are great for cleaning both porcelain tile, bathtubs, sinks, and toilets.—
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Were crude, leering, blunt; low-dive, bump-and-grind, tits-and-ass toilets.—
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“Bathrooms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bathrooms. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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