Toilet
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A toilet, plumbing fixture and disposal system primarily intended for the disposal of the bodily wastes. Before the 20th century, toilet universally referred to personal grooming, bathing and washing combing or arranging one's hair, shaving, etc., a sense preserved today in toiletry 'personal grooming item'. Nowadays, it is mostly used to indicate a lavatory. "Toilet of the mouth", however, is still is use by oral surgeons.
Toilette
- A bathroom containing a toilet.
- A dressing table, typically covered to the floor with cloth (originally, toile) and lace, on which stood a mirror, which might also be draped in lace.
- The act of putting on make-up and getting ready for a high society event.
Before the 20th century, toilet universally referred to personal grooming, bathing and washing combing or arranging one's hair, shaving, etc., a sense preserved today in toiletry 'personal grooming item'. Nowadays, it is mostly used to indicate a lavatory. "Toilet of the mouth", however, is still is use by oral surgeons.
See also
See also
- Bidet
- Blackwater (waste)
- Close stool
- Dansker
- Ecological sanitation
- Flush!: The Scoop on Poop throughout the Ages (book)
- Flying toilet
- Garderobe
- Latrines
- Public toilet
- Japanese toilets
- Toilet-related injury
- Urinal
- The Truth About Poop (book)
- World Toilet Organization (organizers of the annual "World Toilet Summit")