toilet room

Etymology
Originally from or, used for private grooming areas and then euphemistically for the locations of chamber pots and the plumbing fixtures which took their name from the room. Now generally understood as a direct (even impolitely overly direct) reference to the fixtures.

Noun

 * 1)  A room in which to perform one's toilet, including dressing and grooming, particularly before execution.
 * 2) * 1868 July 18, "Monsieur de Paris" in Every Saturday, Vol. VI, p. 78:
 * Before dawn already the executioner repairs to the prison, and signs at the office the certificate by which he vouches for the delivery of the person whom he is to behead. He then enters the so-called toilet-room, a narrow, dark chamber, whither the poor sinner, accompanied by the priest, is soon taken.
 * 1)  A room in which to use a toilet: a lavatory.
 * 1)  A room in which to use a toilet: a lavatory.
 * 1)  A room in which to use a toilet: a lavatory.

Usage notes
As a lavatory, the simple term is now generally used for both the fixture and the place, although toilet room is still sometimes encountered where clarity is desired.

Synonyms

 * ; ; see also Thesaurus:bathroom
 * ; ; see also Thesaurus:bathroom