convenience
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2.8
- noun
- /kənˈviːniəns/
- UK
:
baño público
- After walking for hours, they finally located a convenience to rest and take a break.
- public conveniences
- use a convenience
Examples
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Welcome to the convenience store.
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And then he came walking out of the convenience store, and he saw her.
Fiction book (1999) -
Old Man Grant down at the convenience store said a stranger bought one just like it and used his ATM machine.
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Margaret Cully was a girl of fifteen or sixteen who worked at her father's convenience store.
Fiction book (2001) -
But Delegates Natural Cleansing Foam brings you the luxury and elegance of a bidet with the convenience of toilet paper.
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The public convenience near the park is clean and well-maintained.
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She was relieved to find a convenience that was open late at night.
Synonyms
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1.0
A public room with toilets and sinks for people to use
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9.9
A small outdoor toilet in a separate building
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1.0
A toilet people can use in public places like parks or stations
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1.0
A room with toilets and sinks that anyone can use in public places
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1.2
A room or building with toilets for public use
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3.2
A public toilet for people to use
A toilet in a public place that anyone can use
A toilet in a public place that anyone can use
A public room with toilets and sinks for cleaning hands
Compounds
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1.0
A small shop that sells snacks, drinks and basic groceries and is often open late
Surface Forms
Morphology
convenience = convenient (opaque) = convenient + ence
This euphemistic sense 'toilet' is a pragmatic extension and is not predictable from the adjective 'convenient'.
Etymology
Convenience once meant a comfort or something that 'meets needs', and people began to use it as a polite name for a toilet. A helpful way to remember this is that a 'public convenience' is simply a public place that gives the basic comfort you need, so it refers to a toilet.