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