PUBLIC LAVATORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does public lavatory mean? 

• PUBLIC LAVATORY (noun)
  The noun PUBLIC LAVATORY has 1 sense:

1. a toilet that is available to the public

  Familiarity information: PUBLIC LAVATORY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUBLIC LAVATORY (noun)

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 lavatory" 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 lavatory"):

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)