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Noun: public convenience
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: public lavatory)
  1. A toilet that is available to the public
    "The city installed a new public convenience in the park to improve visitor amenities";
    - public toilet, comfort station [N. Amer], convenience [Brit], public lavatory, restroom [N. Amer], toilet facility, wash room, ablution [S.Africa]

Derived forms: public conveniences

Type of: bathroom, bog [Brit, informal], can [N. Amer, informal], closet [archaic], facility, jacks [Ireland, informal], john [informal], lav [informal], lavatory, loo [Brit, informal], toilet, W.C. [Brit], water closet [Brit, archaic]

Encyclopedia: Public convenience