Bathroom

Definition: Bathroom

Bathroom

Noun

1. A room (as in a residence) containing a bath or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet.

2. A room equipped with toilet facilities.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bathroom" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Multilingual Slang

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Bathroom

Receptacle

Bath room, bathroom, toilet, lavatory, powder room; john, jakes, necessary, loo; men's room, ladies' room, rest room.

Crosswords: Bathroom

I've gotta go to the bathroom. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

Why don't you join her and make a little bathroom bam bam (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

I found him like this in the bathroom, your honor (Liar Liar; writing credit: Paul Guay; Stephen Mazur)

The way he eats, sleeps, walks, talks, uses the bathroom. It's all he has to protect himself (Rain Man; writing credit: Ronald Bass)

There's beer cans in the trash in the bathroom. There's beer cans in the trash in the basement (Bio-Dome; writing credit: Adam Leff; Mitchell Peck)

Soon as you get up go to the bathroom she makin her move (Get Away; performing artist: Jade)

There's Nazis in the bathroom just below the stairs (Nobody Told Me; performing artist: John Lennon)

I'm in the bathroom hiding like a punk, (Code Red; performing artist: Prince)

Blood loss in a bathroom stall (Scar Tissue; performing artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Banging on the bathroom door (It Wasn't Me; performing artist: Shaggy)

How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on. (references; author: unknown)

What do more women do in the bathroom than men? Wash their hands. (Women: 80% - Men: 55%) (references; author: unknown)

Old folks say, "Only time the world beats a path to your door is if you're in the bathroom. (references; author: unknown)

You're trailer trash when you lit a match in the bathroom, and your house exploded right off its wheels. (references; author: unknown)

A Bathroom Problem (1913)

Bathroom Frivolities (1898)

Love Scene in the Bathroom (1990)

Blue Bathroom (1979)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Household Bathroom Cleaners (reference)

• The 2000-2005 Outlook for Household Bathroom and Kitchen Cleaners in Asia (reference)

• The 2001 Report on Bathroom Textiles: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

• The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Bathroom Textiles: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference)

• The 2000-2005 Outlook for Household Bathroom and Kitchen Cleaners in Latin America (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• The Great American Bathroom Book, Volume 1: Single-Sitting Summaries of All Time Great Books (reference)

• Uncle John's Giant 10th Anniversary Bathroom Reader (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Il Bagno Oggi E Domani = Bathroom Today And Tomorrow (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Bathroom Floor (reference)

• Bathroom Wall (reference)

• One Bathroom (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Bathroom Child - Proofing Kit (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

An older woman stands in a yellow bathroom between a shower and a window, wrapped in a blue towel, drying off. See artwork: GR-42. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Shown is a close-up of the feet of a man standing on a bathroom scale with a towel lying nearby. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Remains of a home. A tornado destroyed everything except the innermost bathroom. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

U. S. Army Hospital Number 30, Royat, France. : Bathroom and latrine, showing hot water heater and shower baths. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Hospital railroad car used as a bathroom, Harbin]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Bathroom of Case Study House No. 9 looking from tiled outdoor sun terrace into bathroom proper. 1 1/16" unglazed ceramic tile used on floor and walls. Credit: Library of Congress.

The bathroom window / Margaret Watkins, 1919. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bathroom in home of Edmund Cogswell Converse, Greenwich, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bathroom of tenant purchase house. Hidalgo County, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Washing facilities in the home of Elmer Johnson, hired farmhand. Near Battle Ground, Indiana. His employer has a bathroom in a modern house. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

"You say there’s a horse in your bathroom, and all you can do is stand there naming Beatles songs?"

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Or a downstairs bathroom. (references)

That's when you get the urge to go to the bathroom. (references)

Your bladder stores urine until you go to the bathroom. (references)

Business

Complete programs for the bathroom including matching bathrobes, shower curtains, bath mats, terry cloth pillows and other accessories are also gaining popularity. (references)

This is up from 5 MUP and 18 IUP precincts last year. Typically, an MUP consists of improvements to the living space (for instance a new balcony, addition bathroom, etc.). (references)

Italy is the prime supplier of a large number of items such as flooring, tiles, and sanitary fixtures while Germany and United Kingdom supply insulation materials and other building chemicals, bathroom and kitchen accessories. (references)

Economic History

Bulgaria

American Standard has since bought out its Bulgarian partner and built its biggest factory in the world, which exports bathroom fixtures throughout Europe. (references)

Japan

Lifestyle products encompass a broad range of products, such as housewares, decorative accessories, furniture, home textiles, bathroom and personal care items. (references)

Mexico

Its principal industries are steel, automotive parts, coal mining, cotton textile mills, aluminum products, agricultural products, dairy products, ceramic bathroom and flooring products, and a variety of equipment manufacturing. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

Afraid of rebellion, the authorities limit inmates' use of the bathroom. (references)

Bulgaria

While police were raiding a restaurant in Sofia, Mironov tried to escape through a bathroom window. (references)

Haiti

It also provides funding on an as needed basis to clear prison septic tanks and renovate bathroom facilities. (references)

Travel

Netherlands

Most hotels have a 110-volt outlet in the bathroom for U.S. electric shavers. (references)

Worker Rights

Kuwait

Many foreign workers are forced to live in "housing camps," which generally are overcrowded and lack adequate cooking and bathroom facilities. (references)

United Arab Emirates

In February a housemaid attempted to commit suicide because of abuse received from her employer of about 2 months, including beatings and confinement to a room for 8 days without proper food or bathroom facilities. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "bathroom": bathroom cabinet ♦ bathroom cleaner ♦ bathroom fittings ♦ bathroom fixture ♦ bathroom salts ♦ bathroom scale ♦ bathroom scales ♦ bathroom sheet ♦ bathroom tissue. Additional references.

Ending with "bathroom": six-bathroom, two-bathroom.

Afrikaans

badkamer. (various references)

Albanian

banjë (ablution, bath, bathe, closet, conveniences, powder room, privy, rest room, retiring room, toilet, washroom, water closet). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مرحاض (cabinet, cloakroom, closet, latrine, lavatory, loo, necessary, privy, restroom, toilet, washroom, water closet), ‏حمام (bath, douche, rest room, shower, tub, water closet). (various references)

Asturian

cuartu bañu. (various references)

Basque

komuna. (various references)

Bemba

kucibunsu. (various references)

Breton

sal-gibellañ. (various references)

Bulgarian 

тоалетна (ablutions, can, cloakroom, lavatory, loo, retiring room, toilet), баня (bath, tub). (various references)

Cebuano

banyo. (various references)

Chamorro

baño. (various references)

Chinese 

浴室 , 卫生间. (various references)

Croatian

kupaonicom, kupaonica. (various references)

Czech

koupelna. (various references)

Danish

badested (spa). (various references)

Dutch

badkamer (bath), badplaats (spa), badhuis. (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua

ishpana ucu. (various references)

Esperanto

banejo, ban’ambro, banĉambro. (various references)

Faeroese

baðirúm. (various references)

Farsi 

گرمابه (Bath), حمام (Therm, Washroom). (various references)

Finnish

kylpyhuone. (various references)

Flemish

badkamer (bath), toilet. (various references)

French

bain salle de (bath room), salle d'eau (bath), salle de bains, salle de bain, piscine (swimming bath). (various references)

Frisian

baaikeamer. (various references)

Galician

baño. (various references)

German

Badezimmer (bath room, bath rooms, bathrooms), bad (bath, bathe, bathing, pool, spa, swim, swimming, wallow), toilette (cloakroom, comfort station, lavatory, outfit, restroom, restroomUS, toilet). (various references)

Greek 

λουτρό (bath). (various references)

Haitian Creole

twalèt. (various references)

Hawaiian

banjë. (various references)

Hebrew 

אמבטיה (bath room, bath tub), חדר אמבטיה. (various references)

Hungarian

fürdõszoba (powder room, toilet). (various references)

Icelandic

baði. (various references)

Indonesian

kamar mandi (lavatory). (various references)

Inuktitut

anaqvik. (various references)

Italian

stanza da bagno (bath, bath room), bagno (bath, bathe, toilet, washroom), stabilimento balneare (bathhouse), sala da bagno. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

風呂場 , お手洗い (lavatory, restroom, toilet), バスに乗る (bask, basket, basketball, Basque, bass-treble, bastard fake bunt, bath buzzer, bath towel, bathrobe, bathtub, birth control, bus lane, bus stop, bust, bust pad, bustline, bypass capacitor, the way a bra fits, to take the bus), デ杯 (Davis Cup, lavatory, prerecorded announcement, restroom, talk, talk show, talkie, Taurus, tautology, toad, toast, toaster, tochka, toe, toe dance, toe kick, toeshows, together, Togo, toilet, toilet case, toilet paper, toilet powder, toilet soap, toiletry, Tokaji, Tokamak, Tokay, token, tokenism, toll, tollgate, tonal, tonality, tone, tone down, tooth, torch, torch lamp, torch relay, tornado, torus, total, Total Energy System, total fashion, total look, total product, totalizator system, tote bag, totem, totem pole, totemism, tournament, tournament pro, toxoplasma, true, try for point, tutti), 湯殿 , 浴室　 (bath), 浴室 (bath), 洗面所 (washroom), 御手洗い (lavatory, restroom, toilet). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おてあらい (lavatory, restroom, toilet), バスルーム , トイレ (lavatory, restroom, toilet), ふろば, せんめんじょ (washroom), ゆどの, よくしつ (bath). (various references)

Kongo

kikozo (closet). (various references)

Korean 

목욕탕. (various references)

Luxembourgish

buedzëmmer. (various references)

Macedonian

kupatilo. (various references)

Manx

shamyr oonlee (ablutions, wash room). (various references)

Mohawk

tsi yotahshetahkwen. (various references)

Norwegian

bad (bath). (various references)

Papiamen

baño (bath). (various references)

Pig Latin

athroombay.(various references)

Polish

łazienka. (various references)

Portuguese

banheiro (bath, bathhouse attendant, bathhouse owner, bathhouse proprietor, closet, john, lavatory, rest-room, toilet, washroom, water closet). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

banheiro. (various references)

Provencal

sala de banhar. (various references)

Romanian

baie (ablution, balneum, bath, bathe, bathing, bay, ducking, seaside). (various references)

Ruanda

ubwogero. (various references)

Russian 

ванная (toilette). (various references)

Samoan

faletaele. (various references)

Sepedi

bahlapelo. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

wc (water closet), nužnik (closet, latrine, privy, toilet), kupatilo (bath, lavatory, lounge), klozet (comfort station, john, latrine, lavatory, loo, lounge, toilet). (various references)

Sicilian

stanza du bagnu. (various references)

Slovene

kopalnico, kopalnica. (various references)

Somali

musqushu, musqul. (various references)

Spanish

cuarto de baño (bath). (various references)

Swazi

í-ndlu yekugézela. (various references)

Swedish

badrum. (various references)

Tagalog

banyo. (various references)

Thai

ห้องน้ำ (cludgie, karzy, lavatory). (various references)

Turkish

tuvalet (cloakroom, closet, convenience, dress clothes, formal, John, latrine, lav, lavatory, loo, privy, rear, rest room, restroom, retiring room, toilet, washroom, wash-room, water closet), banyo (bath). (various references)

Welsh

ty+ bach. (various references)

latrinas. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "bathroom": bathrooms. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Bathroom" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ba-hrun, Bakhramov, Bathrik, bathrooom, bathrum, Batrouk, Bethurum, Bothrio. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: abhor, abmho, abohm, abort, amort, bhoot, boart, booth, bromo, broom, broth, motor, ortho, rhomb, robot, taboo, tabor, tharm, thoro, throb, torah.

-4 letters: ambo, atom, baht, barm, bath, boar, boat, boom, boor, boot, bora, bort, bota, both, brat, broo, harm, hart, hoar, hobo, homo, hoot, hora, mart, math, moat, moor, moot, mora, mort.

+1 letter: bathrooms.

+3 letters: motherboard, thromboxane.

+4 letters: motherboards, thromboxanes.

+5 letters: thrombokinase.