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lavatory

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Synonyms: amatory, laudatory, lavatera, placatory, vavasory, sanatory, salvatory, aviatory, levator, elevatory, lactory

Antonyms: amatory, laudatory, lavatera, placatory, vavasory, sanatory, salvatory, aviatory, levator, elevatory, lactory

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Noun

  1. A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly: A laver: a washbasin. A bathtub. A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels. A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist. A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins. A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
    • Their 'bathroom' included a toilet and a lavatory but no bath.
  2. A laver: a washbasin.
  3. A bathtub.
  4. A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels.
  5. A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist.
  6. A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins.
  7. A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
    • Their 'bathroom' included a toilet and a lavatory but no bath.
  8. Handwashing as an act, particularly The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist. The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.
  9. The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist.
  10. The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.
  11. A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse.
  12. A washroom: a room used for washing the face and hands.
  13. A room containing a toilet: a bathroom or WC .
    • Americans don't know 'WC' and Brits mock 'bathroom' but everyone usually understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.
  14. A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
  15. A place to wash clothes: a laundry.
  16. A place where gold is panned.
  17. A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid.

Adjective

  1. Washing, or cleansing by washing.

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