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commode

commode

7 5.5
A portable toilet used at a bedside for people who cannot reach a bathroom
  • noun
  • /kəˈmoʊd/
  • US
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  • There's toilet paper stuck to the back of the commode, partially used.
  • commode flush
  • sit on a commode
  • bedside commode

So take down, get on the commode, wipe her ass.

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Examples

  • There was a bathroom at the end of the hallway that had a commode, a sink and a tub.

  • After I got out of the hospital, I was given a wheelchair, a walker, and a commode.

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  • When you are sitting down on the commode and you go to clean up the area, do you do it from the front or back?

  • Somebody tell me where the commode is in this joint?

  • Can I use the commode for, like, two seconds?

  • Uh, are you looking for the commode?

  • Do you have a commode?

  • Mind if I use your commode?

  • I'm sorry, nurse, but is it possible for me to use the commode?

  • Please make sure the commode is clean before guests arrive.

Synonyms

toilet
vscommode
490 1.0

A large bowl in a bathroom that you sit on to pee or poo

is the more specific porcelain fixture used for that plumbing purpose
can
vscommode
  • Slang
182 9.6

A casual word for a toilet

is the neutral or technical word used for the porcelain plumbing fixture
throne
vscommode
  • Slang
30 7.8

An informal joking word for a toilet

is the ordinary neutral term not meant to be playful or ironic
crapper
vscommode
  • NSFW
29 9.9

A toilet in informal speech

is the neutral term rather than a crude or vulgar expression
stool
vscommode
  • NSFW
7 6.8

A bathroom seat people use to pass waste from their body

is the more specific porcelain bowl sense rather than the broader category
flush toilet
vscommode
3 1.4

A toilet that uses water to wash away waste

is the general fixture term without emphasizing the water removal mechanism
dunny can
vscommode
  • Australian
9.9

A portable toilet with a removable waste container

is the permanent porcelain plumbing fixture rather than a portable waste unit

Compounds

An old toilet often found in old houses or museums

How Sanitary

flush toilet
3 1.4
toilet
490 1.0
commode
  • US
7 5.5
outhouse
33 5.8
latrine
26 5.8
chamberpot
  • Archaic
1 9.7

Surface Forms

commode singular
commodes plural

Etymology

Commode also comes from the same French idea of being 'convenient' and the Latin commodus meaning 'fit'. Because it once named a handy chair with a pot for use at night, the word came to mean a toilet or a small portable toilet used in hospitals.