Water Closet

Definition: Water Closet

Water Closet

Noun

1. A toilet in England.

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

Synonyms: Water Closet

Crosswords: Water Closet

I was in the water closet of the Bournemouth express when it quite unaccountably exploded, thereby extensively damaging the rest of the train (The Wrong Box; writing credit: Larry Gelbart; Lloyd Osbourne)

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References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Sinks, Wash Basins, Bidets, and Water Closet Pans in Poland (reference)

• The 2002 World Forecasts of Sinks, Wash Basins, Bidets, and Water Closet Pans Export Supplies (reference)

• The 2003 World Market Forecasts for Imported Sinks, Wash Basins, Bidets, and Water Closet Pans (reference)

• The World Market for Sinks, Wash Basins, Bidets, and Water Closet Pans: A 2003 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Sinks, Wash Basins, Bidets, and Water Closet Pans in Africa [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

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

[The water closet at Military Hospital No. 1, Harbin]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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

Albanian

nevojtore (bathroom, bog, can, John, latrine, lavatory, loo, rear, toilet), banjë (ablution, bath, bathe, bathroom, closet, conveniences, powder room, privy, rest room, retiring room, toilet, washroom). (various references)

Arabic 

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

Bulgarian 

клозет (head, loo, privy). (various references)

Czech

záchod (bog, cloakroom, lavatory, long-drawn, rest room, toilet, washroom), klozet (toilet). (various references)

Danish

WC (head, lavatory, privy, toilet). (various references)

Dutch

WC (water-closet). (various references)

Finnish

vesiklosetti (W.C). (various references)

French

water clOset, w c, toilettes (washroom), cabinet. (various references)

German

Wasserklosett. (various references)

Greek 

αποχωρητήριο (cloaca, lavatory, outhouse, privy, restroom, toilet, toilette, washroom). (various references)

Hebrew 

בית שמוש (lavatory, privy, toilet). (various references)

Hungarian

wc (lavatory, rest room, toilet). (various references)

Italian

gabinetto (cabinet, closet, lab, laboratory, lavatory, loo, office, privy, restroom, study, toilet, washroom, wc). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ウェーバーの法則 (on-deck batter's circle, rag, taking a pitch, wafer, wafers, waist, waist bag, waist nipper, waist pouch, waistcoat, waistline, wait, waiter, waiting circle, waiting game, waiting room, waiting system, waitress, Wales, walk rally, walk through, walkathon, walkie-lookie, walkie-talkie, walking dictionary, walking shoes, Walkman, war cry, war game, ware, -ware, warehouse, warm, warming, warming-up, warm-up, warning lamp, waste ball, water chute, water hazard, water polo, watercolor, watercooler, waterfall, waterfront, watermelon, waterproof, watertight, wave, wave-front, way, weapon, wear, weather, weathercock, weatherstrip molding, web, Weber, Weber's law, wedding, wedding bell, wedding cake, wedding dress, wedding march, wedding ring, wedding veil, wedeling, wedge heel, wedge sole, weight, weight lifting, weight training, welcome, well-done, west, West Coast, West End, West Point, West Side, West Virginia, western, Western grip, Western league, Western music, Westinghouse, wet, wet core, wet cut, wet suit, worm gear). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ウォータークロゼット . (various references)

Manx

premmee ushtey. (various references)

Pig Latin

aterway osetclay.(various references)

Portuguese

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

Russian 

уборная (chic sale, closet, convenience, dressing room, lavatory, make-up room, necessary, privy, retiring room, retiring-room, washroom, water-closet, WC =water-closet), туалет (ensemble, lavatory, rest room, toilet, toilets, toilette, washroom, wash-room, WC =water-closet), ватерклозет (WC =water-closet). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

wc (bathroom). (various references)

Spanish

retrete (closet, privy, restroom, retiring room, toilet, toilette). (various references)

Swedish

vattenklosett. (various references)

Turkish

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

Ukrainian

туалет (cloak-room, lavatory, loo, toilet, toilette, wc). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: corelates, lowercase, raclettes, relocates, tolerates.

-3 letters: alertest, calottes, clatters, clearest, corelate, corselet, electors, electros, escarole, locaters, oleaster, raclette, relocate, saltwort, sectoral, selector, telecast, tolerate, treacles, wastelot.

-4 letters: acerose, acetose, areoles, calotte, cartels, casette, celesta, cerates, cereals, clarets, claroes, clatter, clawers, coalers, coaster, coatees, coaters, colters, corslet, costate, costrel, cottars, cotters, creates, creoles, crestal.