WC | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of WC in English WCnoun [ C ] UK or old-fashioned US uk /ˌdʌb.əl.juːˈsiː/ us /ˌdʌb.əl.juːˈsiː/ Add to word list Add to word list abbreviation for water closet: a toilet, or a room containing a toilet: The wooden staircase leads to three bedrooms, the bathroom, and a separate WC. Parts of buildings: the toilet

• bathroom
• bedpan
• bog
• chamber pot
• chemical toilet
• cistern
• flush the toilet
• flushable
• gent
• honey bucket
• john
• latrine
• litter
• Porta Potti
• Portaloo
• potty
• potty chair
• powder room
• water closet
• women's room

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in Chinese (Traditional) 廁所，洗手間（water closet的縮寫）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 厕所，卫生间（water closet的缩写）… See more in Spanish forma abreviada de "water closet":, aseo, wáter… See more in Portuguese banheiro, (sem abreviação em português / with no abbreviation in portuguese)… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian （公共の）トイレ, お手洗い… See more tuvalet… See more toilettes… See more lavabo… See more wc, toilet… See more splachovací záchod… See more wc, toilet… See more kamar kecil… See more ห้องน้ำ… See more nhà vệ sinh… See more WC, ustęp… See more wc… See more tandas… See more das WC… See more vannklosett, WC… See more 화장실… See more вбиральня, туалет… See more toilette, WC… See more Need a translator?

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