[ˈlavət(ə)ri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a room, building, or cubicle containing a toilet or toilets
(e.g: he locked himself in the downstairs lavatory)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin lavatorium ‘place for washing’, from Latin lavare ‘to wash’. The word originally denoted something in which to wash, such as a bath or piscina, later (mid 17th century) a room with washing facilities; the current sense dates from the 19th century