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PUBLIC CONVENIENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does public convenience mean?
• PUBLIC CONVENIENCE (noun)
The noun PUBLIC CONVENIENCE has 1 sense:
1. a toilet that is available to the public
Familiarity information: PUBLIC CONVENIENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A toilet that is available to the public
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
comfort station; convenience; public convenience; public lavatory; public toilet; restroom; toilet facility; wash room
Hypernyms ("public convenience" is a kind of...):
facility (something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service)
bathroom; can; john; lav; lavatory; privy; toilet (a room or building equipped with one or more toilets)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "public convenience"):
ladies' room; powder room (a woman's restroom in a public (or semipublic) building)
latrine (a public toilet in a military area)
men's; men's room (a public toilet for men)
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