Chamber-pot

  • 1chamber-pot — (n.) also chamberpot, 1560s, from CHAMBER (Cf. chamber) + POT (Cf. pot) (1) …

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  • 2chamber pot — chamber pots N COUNT A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night …

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  • 3chamber pot — n a bedroom vessel for urination and defecation …

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  • 4chamber pot — n a round container for ↑urine, used in a bedroom and kept under the bed in the past …

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  • 5chamber pot — chamber ,pot noun count a round container kept in a bedroom in the past and used as a toilet during the night …

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  • 6chamber pot — ► NOUN ▪ a bowl kept in a bedroom and used as a toilet …

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  • 7chamber pot — n. a portable container kept in a bedroom and used for defecating or urinating …

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  • 8Chamber pot — Potty redirects here. For Georgian seaport, see Poti. Japanese chamber pot from the Edo Period. A chamber pot (also a chamberpot, a jerry, a Luke, a po, a gazunder, (possibly from French pot de chambre or more likely a contraction of goes under ) …

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  • 9chamber pot — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms chamber pot : singular chamber pot plural chamber pots a round container kept in a bedroom in the past and used as a toilet during the night …

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  • 10chamber pot — Synonyms and related words: bedpan, can, chamber, chemical closet, chemical toilet, commode, crapper, jerry, john, johnny, jordan, latrine, piss pot, potty, potty chair, stool, throne, thunder mug, toilet, urinal, water closet …

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