as in bathrooms
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
I wasn't feeling well and had to make a number of trips to the restroom
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Recent Examples of restrooms
The hotel and its accommodations have been designed with accessibility in mind, including elevators, entrances, parking, restrooms, hotel rooms, and routes to and from all restaurants, meeting, and entertainment spaces.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
Stretching from Choctawhatchee Bay to the Gulf of Mexico, Santa Rosa Beach offers easy public beach access points with parking, restrooms, and seasonal lifeguards.
—Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 16 May 2026
Water fountains can be found near the restrooms.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
Plans call for renovations to restrooms, adding a catering kitchen and repairing windows and glass.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Zimmerly said hotels, restaurants and shops were left unable to properly operate without hot water or functioning restrooms.
—Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 13 May 2026
The park offers beach volleyball courts, barbecue grills, and restrooms, as well as a dune climb and stairway.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
More public restrooms would make our community cleaner, safer, and inviting.
—Michael Perkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026
Officials also constructed new restrooms and concession stands.
—Arkansas Online, 9 May 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
Stretching from Choctawhatchee Bay to the Gulf of Mexico, Santa Rosa Beach offers easy public beach access points with parking, restrooms, and seasonal lifeguards.
—Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 16 May 2026
Water fountains can be found near the restrooms.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
Plans call for renovations to restrooms, adding a catering kitchen and repairing windows and glass.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Zimmerly said hotels, restaurants and shops were left unable to properly operate without hot water or functioning restrooms.
—Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 13 May 2026
The park offers beach volleyball courts, barbecue grills, and restrooms, as well as a dune climb and stairway.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
More public restrooms would make our community cleaner, safer, and inviting.
—Michael Perkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026
Officials also constructed new restrooms and concession stands.
—Arkansas Online, 9 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for restrooms
Noun
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Even the most basic categories include a proper work setup, seating area, and oversized marble bathrooms.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 May 2026
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This single-story house has three bedrooms and two bathrooms.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Bathrooms are fashioned with rain showers; thick, white waffle-like terry cloth robes; soaking tubs equipped with bath salts by Lather; ultra-speedy Dyson supersonic hair dryers; and high-tech, motion sensor Toto toilets that illuminate, open, and oscillate seemingly like magic.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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Out back, a small sewage-treatment plant converts bodily waste from two flanking portable toilets into purified water, which is piped into a large tank in which yet another unclothed woman, wearing a scuba mouthpiece, floats for four hours at a time.—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
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“Restrooms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restrooms. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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