[com.mode] n [F, fr. commode, adj., suitable, convenient, fr. L commodus, fr. com- + modus measure--more at mete] (1688) 1: a woman's ornate cap popular in the late 17th and early 18th centuries
2. a: a low chest of drawers b: a movable washstand with a cupboard underneath c: a boxlike structure holding a chamber pot under an open seat; also: chamber pot d: toilet 3b