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# restroom

«restroom» in Mova's school dictionary: **A toilet in a public place like a shop, restaurant or school** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a restroom, restrooms)

### meaning for a pupil

(US, Canada, euphemism) A toilet in a public place like a shop, restaurant or school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restroom/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday North American life, people ask «Where's the restroom?» politely. In the UK, Ireland and Australia people say toilet, loo or the ladies'/gents'. Phrases: use the restroom, public restroom.

### examples

- Excuse me, where is the restroom? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restroom/#x1)
- May I use the restroom, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restroom/#x2)
- The restroom is next to the gym. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restroom/#x3)
- Wash your hands after using the restroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restroom/#x4)
- The park restrooms were closed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restroom/#x5)
- The restaurant has a restroom for customers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restroom/#x6)

### note

Countable. A polite euphemism: nobody rests there. UK: toilet, loo; Australia: dunny (slang) or toilet. Also bathroom, washroom (Canada).

### In the corpora

- ["Restroom" means a public toilet, mostly in the US; nobody goes there to rest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/5/)
- [She smiles on the call, then cries in the restroom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «restroom» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restroom/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.