COMMODE


Meaning of COMMODE in English

/keuh mohd"/ , n.

1. a low cabinet or similar piece of furniture, often highly ornamental, containing drawers or shelves.

2. a stand or cupboard containing a chamber pot or washbasin.

3. toilet (def. 1).

4. a portable toilet, esp. one on a chairlike frame with wheels, as for an invalid.

5. an elaborate headdress consisting chiefly of a high framework decorated with lace, ribbons, etc., worn perched on top of the hair by women in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

[ 1680-90; commodus convenient, equiv. to com- COM- + modus MODE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .