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noun

bathroom

BAHTH-ruum
noun
1
A room containing a bath or shower, usually also with a toilet and sink.
"We're renovating the bathroom this summer."
2
A polite term for a toilet, whether or not it also contains a bath.
"Excuse me, where's the bathroom?"

How to Use Bathroom

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe room used for washing and using the toilet.

UK vs US

Americans commonly say "bathroom" even for a small room with just a toilet; British English tends to reserve that for "toilet" or "loo" and use "bathroom" only when there's a bath.

Common pairings
go to the bathroom bathroom break

Word Forms

bathroomed past tense, bathrooms plural, bathrooms singular

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Etymology

From bath + room.

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