MEN'S

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does men's mean? 

• MEN'S (noun)
  The noun MEN'S has 1 sense:

1. a public toilet for men

  Familiarity information: MEN'S used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEN'S (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A public toilet for men

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

men's; men's room

Hypernyms ("men's" is a kind of...):

comfort station; convenience; public convenience; public lavatory; public toilet; restroom; toilet facility; wash room (a toilet that is available to the public)

 Context examples 

Edith, after a peep into the men's bunk-room, returned to the table.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I do not want to pry into other men's concerns.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

But there are things old and new which must not be contemplate by men's eyes, because they know—or think they know—some things which other men have told them.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He could successfully put himself inside other men's minds, but they had to be men whose ways of life he knew.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I would have them live as others and do men's work in the world, preaching by their lives rather than their words.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Winner of the men's division, Cherono, posted a time of 2:05:45.

(Kenya's Brigid Kosgei sets new world record at Chicago Marathon, Wikinews)

Orses and dorgs is some men's fancy.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A sound among the dogs attracted the men's attention.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

You women are always thinking of men's being in liquor.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)