Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comfort station

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: com-fort s-ta-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A public lavatory.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Then I told my constituents of an elaboration of my plan: a network of comfort stations centering around the gazebo—a boon to johnless Sausalito."
"From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

comfort stations (plural)

Synonyms

public convenience public toilet bathroom latrine necessarium toilet toilet room urinal water closet WC cloaca closet

Questions

What does comfort station mean?: A public lavatory.

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