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latrines

noun

plural of latrine

as in bathrooms

a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste where's the nearest latrine, soldier?

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Recent Examples of latrines While some of these latrines connected to pipes that moved waste underground, very few drained into Ancient Rome’s sewer system. — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026 His job hauling buckets of sewage from the latrines was no fun. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 The latrines were right next to the food. — Amanda Rosa updated April 28, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026 In the corner were two roofless latrines—one with the toilet and the other with a tap, bucket and footstool for bathing. — Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026 Before its closure, the high school campus in Toubab Dialaw -- where most of the abuse is reported to have taken place -- consisted largely of a construction site with trailers, no running water, frequent power outages and makeshift zinc latrines. — Mark Banchereau The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026 At the city’s public latrines, 36 holes upon which people took their comfort breaks line the walls above a drainage system. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026 Victims were murdered with machetes, garden hoes, and clubs; their bodies were tossed into rivers, dumped in ditches, and hurled into wells and pit latrines. — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Once dismissed as an oddity in American bathrooms, the bidet is having a moment.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The home features three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms with a working fireplace and a sunken garden.

— Nora DeLigter, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of bathrooms

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There is seating in and around the splash pad, including picnic tables and pavilions, as well as restrooms and outdoor showers, according to the release.

— Christina Hall, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2026
One from the Roman port of Ostia could seat 20, but the elaborate Baths of Caracalla had two adjacent restrooms seating 100 each.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of restrooms

Noun

Inside Roman public toilets As Rome’s population grew, public toilets were installed in high-traffic areas for the free access of all (although in practice, they were used mostly by men).

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
That was on top of sewage problems on the ship that left its crew unable to use its toilets.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

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