lavatory

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly

   “Whon he haþ vsed he walkeþ riht To Lauatorie þer hit is diht For to wassche his hende.”

2. isim A laver: a washbasin.
3. isim A bathtub.
4. isim A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels.
5. isim A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist.
6. isim A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins.
7. isim A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.

   “Their 'bathroom' included a toilet and a lavatory but no bath.”

8. isim Handwashing as an act, particularly

   “Wᵗ condicion that at the tyme of the Lavatory eueryche of theym turne theym to the people, and exorte theym to pray for ye soules following...”

9. isim The lavabo: the ritual washing of hands before handling the eucharist.
10. isim The ritual washing of hands after using the piscina to clean the communion vessels.
11. isim A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse.

    “They must be wasshed wyth wyne or wyth some other lauatorye.”

12. isim A washroom: a room used for washing the face and hands.

    “Even the lavatory, a vestibule to the refectory through which the novices would pass on their way to the recreation room, boasted a painting cycle.”

13. isim A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK).

    “Americans don't know 'WC' and Brits mock 'bathroom' but everyone usually understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.”

14. isim A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
15. isim A place to wash clothes: a laundry.
16. isim A place where gold is panned.
17. isim A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid.
18. sıfat Washing, or cleansing by washing.