com·mode (k -m d )n. 1. A low cabinet or chest of drawers, often elaborately decorated and usually standing on legs or short feet. 2. a. A movable stand or cupboard containing a washbowl. b. A chair enclosing a chamber pot. c. A toilet. 3. A woman's ornate headdress, fashionable around 1700. [French, from commode, convenient, from Latin commodus; see commodious.] |
commode [kəˈməʊd]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a piece of furniture, usually highly ornamented, containing drawers or shelves
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a bedside table with a cabinet below for a chamber pot or washbasin
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a movable piece of furniture, sometimes in the form of a chair, with a hinged flap concealing a chamber pot
4. (Clothing & Fashion) a woman's high-tiered headdress of lace, worn in the late 17th century
[from French, from Latin commodus commodious]
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| Noun | 1. |  commode - a plumbing fixture for defecation and urinationbathroom, bath - a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet flushless toilet - a toilet that relies on bacteria to break down waste matter (instead of using water) flush toilet, lavatory - a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it plumbing fixture - a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building potty chair, potty seat - toilet consisting of a small seat used by young children john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet, bathroom, can - a room or building equipped with one or more toilets toilet bowl - the bowl of a toilet that can be flushed with water toilet seat - the hinged seat on a toilet |
| 2. |  commode - a tall elegant chest of drawers drawer - a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out |
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