lavabo

Meanings

Plural: lavaboes, lavabos

Noun

• a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression)
• A ritual involving the washing of one's hands at a church's offertory before handling the Eucharist.
• The small towel used to dry the priest's hands following the ritual.
• A washbasin, particularly (Christianity) the one in a church used in the ritual.
• A trough used for washing at some medieval monasteries.
• A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.

Synonyms

bathroom, bog, bogger, brasco, can, carsey, cloaca, closet, closet of decency, closet of ease, cludgie, cottage, crapper, dike, dunny, facilities, geography, handbasin, House of Lords, house of office, jacks, jacques, jakes, john, johnny, karzy, khazi, kocay, ladies and gentlemen, latrine, lats, lav, lavabo, lavatory, lavvy, loo, necessarium, necessary, necessary place, necessary room, neddy, netty, office, office of ease, place, potty, privy, purging place, restroom, shield, shitter, siege, six, small room, smallest room, teahouse, tearoom, throne room, thunderbox, toilet, toilet room, urinal, urination station, usual offices, vault, wardrobe, wash-hand basin, washbasin, washbowl, washroom, water closet, WC, withdraught