small room

English

Noun

small room (plural small rooms)

1. (euphemistic, rare) A lavatory: a room intended for urination and defecation.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bathroom

   • 1858 February 7, Queen Victoria, letter:

     Has the railway carriage got a small room to it?

   • 1982, P. Mann, Eye of Queen, page 183:

     Whereas we strain in the small room, they immerse themselves in a ‘resting’ bath, which draws their waste from them.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see small,‎ room.

Derived terms

• smallest room

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "small, adj. and n.²". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2012.