toilettoi‧let /ˈtɔɪlɪt/ ●●● noun [countable]
a large bowl that you sit on to get rid of waste matter from your body [Origin: 1500–1600 French toilette “cloth put around the shoulders while arranging the hair or shaving, toilette, toilet,” from toile “net, cloth”]THESAURUSDo not use toilet to talk about a room with a toilet in it.bathroom – a room in a house with the toilet in itrestroom, women’s/ladies’ room, men’s room – a room in a public place that has one or more toilets in itlavatory – a room with a toilet in it, especially a room in a public building such as a school or on an airplanelatrine – an outdoor toilet at a camp or military areaouthouse/privy – a small outdoor building in which the waste goes into a hole below the building, used in campgrounds and in the past behind houses

