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Definition: Powder Room |
Powder RoomNoun1. A woman's restroom in a public (or semi-public) building. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Powder RoomSynonym: ladies' room (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Bath room, bathroom, toilet, lavatory, powder room; john, jakes, necessary, loo; men's room, ladies' room, rest room. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Whispers in the powder room baby, don't listen to the games they play (Walking Away; performing artist: Craig David) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | W.L. Gilmore, residence at 115 Ocean Blvd., Golden Beach, Florida. Powder room. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mr. Leon Israel, residence in Gladstone, New Jersey. Powder room. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Service Women's Lounge, Broad St. Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Powder room, from above. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia. Powder room. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Paul Mellon, residence in Upperville, Virginia. Powder room. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bulova Demco, Valley Stream, Long Island. Powder room. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Roanoke station of the Virginia & Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia. Powder room. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Lafayette College, Jessie Kirby Dormitory, Easton, Pennsylvania. Powder room. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Kiernan, residence in Stuart, Florida. Powder room. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Philadelphia Country Club, Gladwyn, Pennsylvania. Powder room. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
powder room | 60 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "powder room"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | banjë (ablution, bath, bathe, bathroom, closet, conveniences, privy, rest room, retiring room, toilet, washroom, water closet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حجرة التواليت (restroom), تواليت السيدات. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | барутен склад, дамска тоалетна (ladies, ladies' room). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dámská toaleta (ladies' room). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | toilette pour les femmes, toilette pour les dames. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τουαλέτα γυναικών. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | toalett (retiring room, toilet), fürdõszoba (bathroom, toilet), öltözõszoba (retiring room). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | toilette per signore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 化粧室 (lavatory, toilet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | けしょうしつ (lavatory, toilet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | owderpay oomray toucador (toilet). (various references) toaletã (can, closet, dress, dressing, John, lavatory, outhouse, plumbing, privy, rest room, retiring room, toilet, w.c., washing, washstand). (various references) зарядный погреб. (various references) ženski toalet. (various references) tocador de señoras. (various references) damtoalett (ladies' room, powder-room). (various references) bayanlar tuvaleti, barut deposu (powder magazine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-m-o-o-o-p-r-r-w" | |
-2 letters: prodrome. | |
-4 letters: deworm, dormer, dorper, moored, morrow, poorer, powder, prower, reword, romped, romper, roomed, roomer, wormed, wormer. | |
-5 letters: doper, dower, droop, mooed, moped, moper, morro, mowed, mower, order, ormer, pedro, pored, power, proem, promo, repro, rodeo, romeo, roped, roper, rowed, rower, wooed, wooer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 77 64 65 72 52 6F 6F 6D |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01110111 01100100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01010010 01101111 01101111 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o w d e r   R o o m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 0077 0064 0065 0072 0052 006F 006F 006D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508189707184252818179 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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