noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sponge/toilet bag (= for carrying your soap, toothpaste, shampoo etc )
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I left my sponge bag in the hotel bathroom.
disabled parking/toilet/access etc (= for physically disabled people )
flushed...down the toilet
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She flushed the rest of her drink down the toilet .
toilet bag
toilet paper
toilet roll
toilet water
unblock a toilet/drain/chimney etc
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
flush
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Then our ash closets were exchanged for flush toilets .
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Soon the Presleys will know the whoosh of flush toilets and the squish of carpet underneath bare feet.
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Rebus had the same smile as when he'd repossessed the Hotel Oscar Tango X-Ray and its flush toilets .
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There are 11 tent / recreational vehicle sites but no showers, flush toilets or boat ramp.
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As well as a beautiful polished brass fire it has central heating, a shower and a flush toilet .
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Again, no showers or flush toilets .
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Thus, in the bowels of the flush toilet we see the archetype for all autonomous mechanical creatures.
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The facility has showers and flush toilets .
outside
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Inside it was overcrowded and primitive, with no hot water and an outside toilet .
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But by that time, he was paralytic and stayed in the outside toilet underneath the overhead railway.
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Local inhabitants recall that thistles used to be placed down the outside school toilets before the unsuspecting used them!
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After 12 years of Tory rule, little toddlers must still run across playgrounds to get to outside toilets .
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We had an outside toilet and one cold water tap.
portable
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There were portable toilets at the Super Bowl at Stanford in 1985, which was a sellout.
public
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I was unable to use the public toilets since I was told I was in the wrong one whichever I went to.
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It turns the fan at a public toilet on an uninhabited island in Boston Harbor.
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There will be a tree lined pedestrianised square, new public toilets , pedestrian crossings and an open space for special events.
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Rats, moles, and household pets were implicated. Public toilets and drinking fountains were suspected.
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But the pressure in his bladder was growing, and he set off across the square in search of a public toilet .
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Drivers got changed in the public toilets or the back of the truck.
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Also, lifts that are open to all and sundry seem to be readily vandalised or used as public toilets .
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Raising cash to spend a penny A CO-OPERATIVE of local councils could help reopen Langbaurgh's public toilets , a councillor claims.
■ NOUN
bag
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He found what he was looking for in the toilet bag , crammed alongside the toothpaste and shaving gear.
bowl
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Creed dumped his half-smoked cigarette into the toilet bowl and took off his sweatshirt.
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And a pair of slightly raised footrests were positioned for comfortably squatting over the low toilet bowl .
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She hit him and he held her head in the toilet bowl while eating tomatoes on toast.
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For the first few weeks I was seldom off the toilet bowl myself.
facility
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It has inadequate parking and only very limited toilet facilities .
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The carrousel therefore contained the kitchen, dining, washing, and toilet facilities .
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This was followed by Station facilities at Pant with its cafeteria, licensed restaurant shop and toilet facilities plus local workshops.
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Public disabled toilet facilities are available at a wide variety of places within York.
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Each unit has kitchen and toilet facilities , together with lighting, heating and three-compartment skirting trucking for maximum flexibility.
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A system which allowed electronic unlocking of cells so that they could use shared toilet facilities seemed preferable to most.
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Bullingdon will house 635 prisoners, many in single cells, all with toilet facilities , ending slopping-out.
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As for toilet facilities , I have an earth closet so the lack of water does not affect that side of things.
paper
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Clean the bottom of the pan carefully as well as the seat, floor, etc with toilet paper or paper towels.
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Whoever had the toilet paper to wear over the weekend must be steamed.
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Books had long since been recycled into toilet paper and what have you.
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And that one problem was that there was no toilet paper fit for a king in the whole kingdom by the sea.
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Perhaps the availability of soft toilet paper will afford them some comfort.
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Not to mention 20 rolls of toilet paper and five air fresheners.
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The till girl drops a few non-essential items, like initialled and scented toilet paper into a reject box.
roll
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Not a piece of sticky-back plastic, a toilet roll or a Blue Peter badge in sight!
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Also provide a cover for the pan, towel, toilet roll and tissues.
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Her elder son's wife was a long-standing irritant, like an ill-perforated toilet roll .
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One was made using a toilet roll .
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Nathan gets and goes off in search of somewhere quiet, clutching a toilet roll and anxious anticipations.
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I suggest that the present handicap system should be printed on a couple of toilet rolls and used accordingly!
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But I see they opened a new toilet roll .
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You are simply not supposed to clap, in the same way as you are not meant to throw toilet rolls .
rolls
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He somehow couldn't connect music like that with a load of old toilet rolls .
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And Zoya said she had got hold of the toilet rolls , and would bring them for Anna.
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Fergus's hands dropped the key and the toilet rolls , grabbed Fiona's bum.
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Housewives started panic buying of toilet rolls .
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I suggest that the present handicap system should be printed on a couple of toilet rolls and used accordingly!
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You are simply not supposed to clap, in the same way as you are not meant to throw toilet rolls .
seat
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The laundry is a space won from the two bathrooms by making use of spare space beside the toilet seats .
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That fact hardly caught the military brass stooped over $ 1, 000 toilet seats with their britches down.
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Supermarkets sell a bewildering range of anti-bacterial wipes for everything from toilet seats to train handles.
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There was a wet towel on the toilet seat .
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It is all over the toilet seat and the floor.
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These then made their way into the house through the toilet seats , which are not designed to be airtight.
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Disinfect the toilet seat , toilet handle or chain, and door handle regularly.
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He lowered himself on to the toilet seat and jumped down on to the floor.
tissue
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Buy products made with recycled paper or plastic,such as bin liners, toilet tissue or kitchen paper.
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So does toilet tissue , which makes you wonder where a book is being read.
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Author Kevin Wilkins once worked in a factory near his home town of Barrow-in-Furness where he tested the quality of toilet tissue .
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Fort Sterling has recently introduced toilet tissue and paper towels made from 100 percent recycled paper.
training
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However, toilet training took second place to skill with weapons or natural aggression.
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A developmental progression of toilet training emerges during the first four years of life.
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Laxness or inconsistency by the parents in toilet training needs to be understood and discussed with them.
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Inconsistencies can be very confusing for young children and conflicting attitudes over toilet training and discipline can lead to frustration and unhappiness.
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Life events can be developmental in nature: weaning, toilet training and puberty are examples that characterise all people's lives.
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Toileting is a reflex, so they have to be taught control through a programme of toilet training .
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This stems, he said, from a child's early toilet training .
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Fixation at this stage may result if toilet training is too harsh and demanding or is begun too early or too late.
water
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Lilac toilet water; orange flower water .
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Emmie opened a drawer, found a handkerchief and tipped a little of the toilet water on to it.
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Instead of getting on with the business of making toilet water , he spent his time on the racecourse and worse.
■ VERB
clean
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Get cleaning bucket and powder and disinfectant from the broom cupboard. Clean the toilets , male and female.
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We suggest they allow him to clean the toilets .
go
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After breakfast, I go out to the toilet and get dressed and Marie gets dressed in the room.
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The old man got up to go to the toilet again.
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I really needed to go to the toilet , but that meant walking past them on to the other side of the hall.
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One excused himself and went off to the toilet .
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I couldn't be bothered to go to the toilet and they always came and changed me.
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He shrugs off calls to slow down and won't stop working to go to the toilet .
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I excuse myself to go to the toilet and throw up.
include
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Cabins include a toilet , shower and two lower deck beds.
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Facilities for the disabled include a lift, toilets and loan of invalid chairs.
use
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I was unable to use the public toilets since I was told I was in the wrong one whichever I went to.
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Glover arranged his bed so that he could use the toilet from a near sitting position.
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And use the toilet shortly before entering the examination hall.
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She uses rags instead of toilet paper, which drives my father nuts.
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If the patient can stand and balance, he may be able to use the normal toilet .
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She asked if she could use the toilet , claiming their car had broken down.
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One was made using a toilet roll.
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He parks with his team, eats with his team and uses the same toilets as his team.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bathroom/toilet/shower stall
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He asked for the shampoo in the shower stall and she handed it to him.
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The urinals were metal, and in a distant area of shadows there appeared to be shower stalls .
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Think about it, really, would you trust somebody who promotes their self in a bathroom stall ?
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Tillman worked her hard all day made her change sheets, scour shower stalls .
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We got a hotel room that featured peeling paint, no windows, and a john in the shower stall .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Where's the toilet ?" "Downstairs on the right."
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Pat refuses to use the public toilets in this country because they are always so dirty.
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There's a huge queue in the ladies' toilets.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And a pair of slightly raised footrests were positioned for comfortably squatting over the low toilet bowl.
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In a few instances, community education buildings have been adapted with deaf-loops, ramps, toilets, and stair lifts.
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It has inadequate parking and only very limited toilet facilities.
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They also found $ 9, 200 in cash, $ 5, 000 of that in a toilet tank.