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

Derived forms: public toilets

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 toilet