urinal

«urinal» in Mova's school dictionary: a kind of toilet on a wall, used by men and boys for… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a urinal, urinals)

meaning for a pupil

1) A urinal is a kind of toilet on a wall, used by men and boys for weeing (urinating) while standing up, found in public and school toilets. tree →

2) A urinal can also be a bottle used in hospital for a patient to wee into. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life urinals are in boys' and men's toilets. In health and hygiene lessons children learn to flush and wash hands afterwards. Phrases: «use the urinal», «public urinals».

examples

• The boys' toilets have three urinals and two cubicles. tree →
• Remember to wash your hands after using the urinal. tree →
• Some urinals flush automatically. tree →
• In hospital, the nurse gave Grandad a urinal so he didn't have to get up. tree →
• Waterless urinals save water. tree →

note

Countable: a urinal, urinals. Use «a», not «an», because it starts with a «you» sound: «a urinal». Said «you-RYE-nul» (UK) or «YOOR-in-ul» (US). Related: urine, urinate (formal words for wee).

In the corpora

• In 1917 Marcel Duchamp sent a shop-bought urinal, signed "R.

Trees and pragmatics

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