(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a room in a house that contains a bath or shower, a washbasin, and sometimes a toilet.
N-COUNT
2.
A ~ is a room in a house or public building that contains a toilet. (AM; in BRIT, usually use toilet )
She had gone in to use the ~.
= rest room
N-SING: usu the N
3.
People say that they are going to the ~ when they want to say that they are going to use the toilet.
PHRASE: V inflects politeness