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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pit toilet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables
pit -toi-let
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A facility for accepting human waste, typically through personal use via urination and defecation, where the waste is directed into a cesspit directly below the access port used by the person needing facilities. Modern pit toilets typically permanently store the waste for natural decay, and are closed and sealed when full, while historically, they have sometimes been manually harvested for night soil. Pit toilets typically take the form of an outhouse.

Inflected Forms

pit toilets (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

cartridge toilet chamber pot chemical toilet outhouse septic tank vault toilet water closet

Questions

What does pit toilet mean?
A facility for accepting human waste, typically through personal use via urination and defecation, where the waste is directed into a cesspit directly below the access port used by the person needing facilities. Modern pit toilets typically permanently store the waste for natural decay, and are closed and sealed when full, while historically, they have sometimes been manually harvested for night soil. Pit toilets typically take the form of an outhouse.

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