restroom

«restroom» in Mova's school dictionary: A toilet in a public place like a shop, restaurant or school — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a restroom, restrooms)

meaning for a pupil

(US, Canada, euphemism) A toilet in a public place like a shop, restaurant or school. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday North American life, people ask «Where's the restroom?» politely. In the UK, Ireland and Australia people say toilet, loo or the ladies'/gents'. Phrases: use the restroom, public restroom.

examples

• Excuse me, where is the restroom? tree →
• May I use the restroom, please? tree →
• The restroom is next to the gym. tree →
• Wash your hands after using the restroom. tree →
• The park restrooms were closed. tree →
• The restaurant has a restroom for customers. tree →

note

Countable. A polite euphemism: nobody rests there. UK: toilet, loo; Australia: dunny (slang) or toilet. Also bathroom, washroom (Canada).

In the corpora

• "Restroom" means a public toilet, mostly in the US; nobody goes there to rest.
• She smiles on the call, then cries in the restroom.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «restroom» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.