Explore Lavatory through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like toilet or can. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Lavatory in a sentence
Lavatory meaning
- A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly
- A vessel or fixture for washing
- A laver: a washbasin.
Synonyms of Lavatory
Using Lavatory
- The main meaning on this page is: A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly | A vessel or fixture for washing | A laver: a washbasin.
- Useful related words include: toilet, can, commode, flush toilet.
- In the example corpus, lavatory often appears in combinations such as: the lavatory, lavatory is, public lavatory.
Context around Lavatory
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lavatory
- In this selection, "lavatory" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, public, lady, forward, attendant, trash and concept stand out and add context to how "lavatory" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a lady lavatory attendant the and a public lavatory. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lavatory" sits close to words such as aarons, abra and accelerations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lavatory
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A line for the lavatory at a Colorado ski resort. (10 words)
An unsightly lavatory is bothersome, but easily forgotten after every flush. (11 words)
The smart toilet that can tell if you're sick: Lavatory. (11 words)
As a historian of Bristol’s past, he dug into hidden corners, tapping into memories of a lost world of working-class boxing booths and, through a lady lavatory attendant, the sad and sordid nightlife of the Downs in the 1930s. (41 words)
The lodges do not overlook the animals, but as I head to the lavatory block at dusk I pass a free-roaming wallaby and a capybara; a neighbouring zebra grazes in a field. (33 words)
He paid bribes to evade visa controls at the airport, boarded a flight to Rio de Janeiro and, somewhere over the Atlantic, threw his fake passport in the lavatory trash. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
A line for the lavatory at a Colorado ski resort.
As a historian of Bristol’s past, he dug into hidden corners, tapping into memories of a lost world of working-class boxing booths and, through a lady lavatory attendant, the sad and sordid nightlife of the Downs in the 1930s.
He paid bribes to evade visa controls at the airport, boarded a flight to Rio de Janeiro and, somewhere over the Atlantic, threw his fake passport in the lavatory trash.
And if you’re flying Spirit Air, everything you do before, during or after your flight except using the lavatory is also an upcharge.
DFP’s accessible forward lavatory concept features a unique door opening located near the boarding door.
The lodges do not overlook the animals, but as I head to the lavatory block at dusk I pass a free-roaming wallaby and a capybara; a neighbouring zebra grazes in a field.
An unsightly lavatory is bothersome, but easily forgotten after every flush.
If you wash your hands after using the lavatory this is not an issue.
Miner, of Great Chapel Street, Soho, denies one count of sexual activity in a public lavatory.
Mr Fifield confronted Glossop but she ‘went to the lavatory and didn’t come out for some time’.
And we should consider wearing adult nappies – in case we're locked up for hours in a police van with no access to a lavatory.
Later, however, he went upstairs to use the lavatory where, he admitted, the sordid encounter took place in a cubicle.
She also claimed for a hair dryer and £16 lavatory roll holder, along with a £14.10 invoice to have a spare key cut for her cleaner.
The smart toilet that can tell if you're sick: Lavatory.
However, lavatory service vehicles need to be operated by expert and experience staff in order to ensure accurate filling and emptying of batching tanks.
I stood up pretending i was going to use the lavatory and suddenly they both began to snore like they had been sleeping all the while.
Most folks are just concerned that the public lavatory is clean, not what type peeing parts are in the next stall.
The aircraft lavatory installations were found slightly west of the tail section parts.
When the news broke that Diana had been killed in a car accident, Prince Charles was sitting on the lavatory.
Edward Felt dialed 9-1-1 from his cell phone from the rear lavatory of the aircraft seeking information at 09:58.
Common combinations with lavatory
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the lavatory 12×
- lavatory is 3×
- public lavatory 2×
- lavatory and 2×
- and lavatory 2×
- lavatory or 2×