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WATER CLOSET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does water closet mean?
• WATER CLOSET (noun)
The noun WATER CLOSET has 1 sense:
1. a toilet in Britain
Familiarity information: WATER CLOSET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A toilet in Britain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
closet; loo; W.C.; water closet
Hypernyms ("water closet" is a kind of...):
bathroom; can; john; lav; lavatory; privy; toilet (a room or building equipped with one or more toilets)
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