urinal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: yo͞o-rīʹnəl
ipa: /jʊəˈraɪnəl/
enpr: yo͝orʹĭn-əl
enpr: yûrʹĭn-əl
ipa: /ˈjʊɹɪnəl/
ipa: /ˈjɝɪnəl/
enpr: yo͝orʹĭn-əl
ipa: /ˈjʉːəɹɪnəl/
rhymes: -aɪnəl
Forms: form: urinals
Etymology: From Middle English urinal, urynal, orynal, from Old French urinal, orinal (“vessel for urination”), from Latin ūrīnālis (“urinary”). Use for plumbing fixtures attested from 1851.
Senses: examples: text: This was the second time in the last few months that she was asked to install a urinal in a luxury residential project, and she said she knows many other designers and architects who have been specifying home urinals in their projects.
ref: 2007 January 25, Suzanne Gannon, “For the High-End Bathroom, Something Unexpected”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A device or fixture used for urination, particularly
topics: alchemy
medicine
pseudoscience
sciences
glosses: A device or fixture used for urination
A glass vial used for examining or storing urine.
glosses: A device or fixture used for urination
A chamber pot specially designed or considered as a device for urination.
synonyms: word: bedpan
word: can
word: chamber
word: chamber pot
word: chemical toilet
word: commode
word: Cousin John
word: crapper
word: gazunder
word: guzunder
word: honey bucket
word: honeypot
word: Jerry
word: jerry
word: john
word: johnny
word: jordan
word: latrine
word: mingo
word: necessary stool
word: pan
word: pee pot
word: pisspot
word: piss pot
word: po
word: pot
word: potty
word: potty-chair
word: shitbucket
word: shitcan
word: shitpot
word: slop bucket
word: stool
word: stool of easement
word: throne
word: thunder mug
word: toilet
word: urinal
glosses: A device or fixture used for urination
A device for urination worn or used by patients suffering urinary incontinence.
glosses: A device or fixture used for urination
A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.
synonyms: word: big white telephone
word: bog
word: can
word: commode
word: crapper
word: crapper trapper
word: donniker
word: dunny
word: head
word: highway to hell
word: jacks
word: jakes
word: john
word: khazi
word: latrine
word: lav
word: pisser
word: pooper
word: porcelain god
word: porcelain goddess
word: pot
word: potty
word: privy
word: Quincy
word: shitcan
word: shitpot
word: shitter
word: stool
word: throne
word: toilet
word: toot
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oblong glass vessel shaped like the old alchemist's urinal.
synonyms: word: bathroom
word: latrine
word: necessarium
word: toilet
word: toilet room
word: urinal
word: water closet
word: WC
word: cloaca
word: closet
word: jacques
word: kocay
word: siege
word: cludgie
word: neddy
word: netty
word: shield
word: six
word: facilities
word: ladies and gentlemen
word: lavatory
word: lavabo
word: necessary
word: necessary room
word: office
word: office of ease
word: place
word: potty
word: privy
word: small room
word: smallest room
word: throne room
word: cottage
word: geography
word: House of Lords
word: khazi
word: usual offices
word: restroom
word: teahouse
word: tearoom
word: washroom
raw_tags: used in Canada
word: closet of decency
word: closet of ease
word: house of office
word: necessary place
word: purging place
word: vault
word: withdraught
word: wardrobe
word: shitter
word: urination station
word: bog
word: carsey
word: crapper
word: karzy
word: lats
word: lav
word: lavvy
word: loo
word: thunderbox
raw_tags: in Australia
word: can
word: john
word: johnny
word: bogger
word: brasco
word: dike
raw_tags: in New Zealand
word: dunny
raw_tags: in New Zealand
word: jacks
word: jakes
glosses: A room or structure used for urination: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.
Derived terms: bed urinal
urinal cake
urinal cookie
urinal mint
Urinal of the Planets
urinal puck
Related terms: urinate
urination
urinator
urine