urinal
Pronunciation: /jʊəˈraɪnəl/
The English word “urinal” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- A device or fixture used for urination, particularly
- A glass vial used for examining or storing urine.
- A chamber pot specially designed or considered as a device for urination.
- A device for urination worn or used by patients suffering urinary incontinence.
- A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.
- Any oblong glass vessel shaped like the old alchemist's urinal.
- A room or structure used for urination: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.
adjective
Etymology
From Middle English urinal, urynal, orynal, from Old French urinal, orinal (“vessel for urination”), from Latin ūrīnālis (“urinary”). Use for plumbing fixtures attested from 1851.
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