Bathroom
noun
A room in a house or building that has facilities for bathing and using the toilet.
He went to the bathroom to brush his teeth.

Often appears as...
- clean the bathroom
- use the bathroom
noun
A word used to diplomatically ask for permission to use the facilities for bodily functions.
Excuse me, where's the bathroom?

Often appears as...
- go to the bathroom
- find the bathroom
noun
A room in a house or building that has facilities for bathing and using the toilet.
He went to the bathroom to brush his teeth.

Often appears as...
- clean the bathroom
- use the bathroom
noun
A word used to diplomatically ask for permission to use the facilities for bodily functions.
Excuse me, where's the bathroom?

Often appears as...
- go to the bathroom
- find the bathroom
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Cultural Variance
The word 'bathroom' can refer to a room with a bath in some cultures and just a toilet in others.

In the UK, asking for the bathroom might lead you to a room with only a bathtub.
Privacy Implication
'Bathroom' often implies a need for privacy, so use it tactfully in social situations.

She whispered, 'May I use your bathroom?' at the dinner party.
House Description
When describing a house, 'bathroom' specifically highlights facilities like a shower or bathtub.

The apartment has two bedrooms and a spacious bathroom with a shower.
Cultural Variance
The word 'bathroom' can refer to a room with a bath in some cultures and just a toilet in others.

In the UK, asking for the bathroom might lead you to a room with only a bathtub.
Privacy Implication
'Bathroom' often implies a need for privacy, so use it tactfully in social situations.

She whispered, 'May I use your bathroom?' at the dinner party.
House Description
When describing a house, 'bathroom' specifically highlights facilities like a shower or bathtub.

The apartment has two bedrooms and a spacious bathroom with a shower.
Cultural Variance
The word 'bathroom' can refer to a room with a bath in some cultures and just a toilet in others.

In the UK, asking for the bathroom might lead you to a room with only a bathtub.
Privacy Implication
'Bathroom' often implies a need for privacy, so use it tactfully in social situations.

She whispered, 'May I use your bathroom?' at the dinner party.
House Description
When describing a house, 'bathroom' specifically highlights facilities like a shower or bathtub.

The apartment has two bedrooms and a spacious bathroom with a shower.
Video examples
Daniel Kish: How I use...
when he lost his vision, after a few months he was sitting in his three story house and he realized that he could hear everything going on throughout the conversations, people in the kitchen, people in the bathroom, several floors away, several walls away. He said it was something like having x-ray vision.
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Is it bad to hold your...
you go on a hunt for a bathroom until "ahh." Humans should urinate at least four to six times a day, but occasionally, the pressures of modern life forces us to clench and hold it in. How bad is this habit, and how long can our bodies withstand it? The answers lie in the workings of the bladder,
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Why are sloths so slow?...
They descend from the canopy just once a week for a bathroom break. When sloths do move, it's not very fast. It would take a sloth about five minutes to cross an average neighborhood street. This unhurried approach to life means that sloths don't need very much muscle.
Video examples
Green Bathroom Makeover...
long day the bathroom can be a retreat from the world but it's also we're over sixty percent that the water used indoors gets consumed so if you like to save water and money the bathroom's great place to start let's take a look and the biggest consumer of water in the
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Why we have too few...
But I'm hopeful that future generations can. I think a world where half of our countries and our companies were run by women, would be a better world. It's not just because people would know where the women's bathrooms are, even though that would be very helpful.
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Vampires: Is It Real? PIPE...
her blood out into a beaker but why he said that he was a vampire and that he drank up the blood the nightmare continued for hours in between feedings the kidnapper kept her handcuffed in the bathtub it was through the bathroom window still handcuffed
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Green Bathroom Makeover...
from the world but it's also where over sixty percent of the water used indoors gets consumed like to save water and money the bathrooms a great place to start let's take a look and the biggest consumer of water in the bathroom tada the toilet
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How to deal with...
would be woken up with drunken laughter and noise outside the bedroom and sometimes these people would come into my room to escape from the crowd and they would sit and they would smoke and they would use the bathroom and other
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Nature Dates: Jack...
They'd go, "Right, he's not coming in the girls' bathroom." I'll tell you, honestly, if I could see a kingfisher out of today, I'd be over the moon. I'm not giving up on the peregrine yet, though.
Video examples
Why the buildings of the...
down to the smallest the local libraries, the homes where we raise our children, and the walk that they take from the bedroom to the bathroom. Thank you.
Video examples
Daniel Kish: How I use...
when he lost his vision, after a few months he was sitting in his three story house and he realized that he could hear everything going on throughout the conversations, people in the kitchen, people in the bathroom, several floors away, several walls away. He said it was something like having x-ray vision.
Video examples
Is it bad to hold your...
you go on a hunt for a bathroom until "ahh." Humans should urinate at least four to six times a day, but occasionally, the pressures of modern life forces us to clench and hold it in. How bad is this habit, and how long can our bodies withstand it? The answers lie in the workings of the bladder,
Video examples
Why are sloths so slow?...
They descend from the canopy just once a week for a bathroom break. When sloths do move, it's not very fast. It would take a sloth about five minutes to cross an average neighborhood street. This unhurried approach to life means that sloths don't need very much muscle.
Video examples
Green Bathroom Makeover...
long day the bathroom can be a retreat from the world but it's also we're over sixty percent that the water used indoors gets consumed so if you like to save water and money the bathroom's great place to start let's take a look and the biggest consumer of water in the
Video examples
Why we have too few...
But I'm hopeful that future generations can. I think a world where half of our countries and our companies were run by women, would be a better world. It's not just because people would know where the women's bathrooms are, even though that would be very helpful.
Video examples
Vampires: Is It Real? PIPE...
her blood out into a beaker but why he said that he was a vampire and that he drank up the blood the nightmare continued for hours in between feedings the kidnapper kept her handcuffed in the bathtub it was through the bathroom window still handcuffed
Video examples
Green Bathroom Makeover...
from the world but it's also where over sixty percent of the water used indoors gets consumed like to save water and money the bathrooms a great place to start let's take a look and the biggest consumer of water in the bathroom tada the toilet
Video examples
How to deal with...
would be woken up with drunken laughter and noise outside the bedroom and sometimes these people would come into my room to escape from the crowd and they would sit and they would smoke and they would use the bathroom and other
Video examples
Nature Dates: Jack...
They'd go, "Right, he's not coming in the girls' bathroom." I'll tell you, honestly, if I could see a kingfisher out of today, I'd be over the moon. I'm not giving up on the peregrine yet, though.
Video examples
Why the buildings of the...
down to the smallest the local libraries, the homes where we raise our children, and the walk that they take from the bedroom to the bathroom. Thank you.
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Quote examples
David Linley
British Royalty
In an ideal world, you would have his-and-hers bathrooms and his-and-hers dressing rooms, complete with a single bed where the Mrs. need not be woken up when there's a 7 o'clock flight to catch.

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Sharon Stone
American Actress
There was a point in my 40s when I went into the bathroom with a bottle of wine, locked the door, and said, 'I'm not coming out until I can totally accept the way that I look right now.

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Amala Akkineni
Indian Actress
While growing up we all did our own work' I remember, we had a sign on our bathroom door which said 'Gandhiji cleaned his own bathrooms, so must you.

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Alicia Keys
American Musician
If I want to be alone, some place I can write, I can read, I can pray, I can cry, I can do whatever I want - I go to the bathroom.

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Garry Trudeau
American Cartoonist
Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.

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Heather Dubrow
American Actress
I do think the secret to a good marriage is separate bathrooms.

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Julianne Hough
American Musician
I had a hard time with bullying. I ate lunch in the bathroom.

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King George V
British Royalty
Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance.

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Jonathan Scott
Canadian Entertainer
Open concept bathrooms are not the greatest.

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Jazz Jennings
American Activist
I think we should have unisex bathrooms.

Quote examples
David Linley
British Royalty
In an ideal world, you would have his-and-hers bathrooms and his-and-hers dressing rooms, complete with a single bed where the Mrs. need not be woken up when there's a 7 o'clock flight to catch.

Quote examples
Sharon Stone
American Actress
There was a point in my 40s when I went into the bathroom with a bottle of wine, locked the door, and said, 'I'm not coming out until I can totally accept the way that I look right now.

Quote examples
Amala Akkineni
Indian Actress
While growing up we all did our own work' I remember, we had a sign on our bathroom door which said 'Gandhiji cleaned his own bathrooms, so must you.

Quote examples
Alicia Keys
American Musician
If I want to be alone, some place I can write, I can read, I can pray, I can cry, I can do whatever I want - I go to the bathroom.

Quote examples
Garry Trudeau
American Cartoonist
Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.

Quote examples
Heather Dubrow
American Actress
I do think the secret to a good marriage is separate bathrooms.

Quote examples
Julianne Hough
American Musician
I had a hard time with bullying. I ate lunch in the bathroom.

Quote examples
King George V
British Royalty
Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance.

Quote examples
Jonathan Scott
Canadian Entertainer
Open concept bathrooms are not the greatest.

Quote examples
Jazz Jennings
American Activist
I think we should have unisex bathrooms.

Example 1 of 10
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