Toilet vs. Bowl
Toilet vs. Bowl
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Toilet
Term A(archaic) Personal grooming, in other words washing, dressing, etc.
One's style of dressing: dress, outfit.
(archaic) A dressing room.
(UK) A room or enclosed area containing a toilet: a bathroom or water closet.
Example: ‘Sorry, I was in the toilet.’;
(NZ) A small secondary lavatory having a toilet and sink but no bathtub or shower.toilet
(obsolete) A chamber pot.
A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly those with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which use water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system.
Example: ‘My toilet backed up. Now the bathroom's flooded.’;
(figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place.
(obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or dressing room.
(obsolete) A dressing table.
(dated) To dress and groom oneself
To use the toilet
To assist another (a child etc.) in using the toilet
A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.
A dressing table.
Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect.
a room equipped with toilet facilities
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
misfortune resulting in lost effort or money;
Example: ‘his career was in the gutter’; ‘all that work went down the sewer’; ‘pensions are in the toilet’;
the act of dressing and preparing yourself;
Example: ‘he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast’;
a fixed receptacle into which a person may urinate or defecate, typically consisting of a large bowl connected to a system for flushing away the waste into a sewer
Example: ‘Liz heard the toilet flush’; ‘a toilet seat’; ‘he got up to go to the toilet’;
a room, building, or cubicle containing a toilet or toilets
Example: ‘someone pushed at the toilet door’; ‘a public toilet’;
the process of washing oneself, dressing, and attending to one's appearance
Example: ‘her toilet completed, she finally went back downstairs’;
denoting articles used in the process of washing, dressing, and attending to one's appearance
Example: ‘a bathroom cabinet stocked with toilet articles’;
the cleansing of part of a person's body as a medical procedure.
assist or supervise (someone, especially an infant or invalid) in using a toilet.
use a toilet
Example: ‘sufferers may need help with dressing, bathing, and toileting’;
A toilet is a piece of sanitary hardware that collects human urine and feces, and sometimes toilet paper, usually for disposal. Flush toilets use water, while dry or non-flush toilets do not.
Bowl
Term BA roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
As much as is held by a bowl.
Example: ‘You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already.’;
A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
The round hollow part of anything.
Example: ‘Direct the cleaning fluid around the toilet bowl and under the rim.’;
The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.
A part of a pipe or bong packed with marijuana for smoking
Example: ‘Let's smoke a bowl!’;
(typography) A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.
A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
(American football) A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)
The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
The action of bowling a ball.
The game of bowls.
(transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
(intransitive) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
Example: ‘We were bowled rapidly along the road.’;
To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.
Example: ‘Brought them food in bowls of basswood.’;
Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.
The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.
A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.
An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.
Example: ‘Like an uninstructed bowler, . . . who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it.’;
The game of tenpins or bowling.
To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.
Example: ‘Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel,And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven.’;
To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.
To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
Example: ‘Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth,And bowled to death with turnips’;
To play with bowls.
To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.
To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.
a round vessel that is open at the top; used for holding fruit or liquids or for serving food
a concave shape with an open top
a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
the quantity contained in a bowl
a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
a wooden ball (with flattened sides) used in the game of bowls
a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
roll (a ball)
engage in the sport of bowling;
Example: ‘My parents like to bowl on Friday nights’;
a round, deep dish or basin used for food or liquid
Example: ‘a mixing bowl’; ‘a sugar bowl’;
the contents of a bowl
Example: ‘they ate huge bowls of steaming spaghetti’;
a decorative round dish awarded as a prize in a competition
Example: ‘the McGeorge Rose Bowl’;
a rounded, concave part of an object
Example: ‘the bowl of a spoon’; ‘a toilet bowl’;
a pipe used to smoke marijuana, or the contents of such a pipe
Example: ‘hey, you wanna smoke a bowl with us?’;
a natural basin.
a stadium for sporting or musical events
Example: ‘the Hollywood Bowl’;
an American football game played after the regular season between leading teams
Example: ‘their last four bowl games’; ‘Pro Bowl’;
a wooden or hard rubber ball, slightly asymmetrical so that it runs on a curved course, used in the game of bowls.
a large ball with indentations for gripping, used in tenpin bowling.
a wooden ball or disc used in playing skittles.
a spell or turn of bowling in cricket.
roll (a ball or other round object) along the ground
Example: ‘she snatched her hat off and bowled it ahead of her’;
(of a bowler) propel (the ball) with a straight arm towards the batsman, typically in such a way that the ball bounces once
Example: ‘Sobers bowled to Willis’; ‘Lillee bowled another bouncer’;
dismiss (a batsman) by knocking down the wicket with the ball which one has bowled
Example: ‘Stewart was bowled for 33’;
get an entire team out
Example: ‘they bowled Lancashire out for 143’;
move rapidly and smoothly in a specified direction
Example: ‘they bowled along the country roads’;
A bowl is a round dish or container typically used to prepare and serve food. The interior of a bowl is characteristically shaped like a spherical cap, with the edges and the bottom forming a seamless curve.
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