men's room
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1.2
- noun
- /mɛnz ruːm/
- US
:
baño para hombres
- I switched with a guy in the men's room.
Examples
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After we eat, I go to the men's room to wash my hands.
Fiction book (1994) -
They're in the men's room.
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I must go to the men's room, Bill
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Can I use your men's room, please?
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I think they use the men's room next door to the Burger King.
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Mister, welcome to the men's room.
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Lester went to the men's room and looked at himself in the mirror.
Fiction book (1996) -
As he stepped into the men's room, he glanced at his watch.
Fiction book (1995) -
I materialized in a stall in the men's room at the Santa Monica Municipal Airport.
Fiction book (1995) -
I need to find the nearest men's room before the game starts.
Synonyms
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3.2
A room with toilets for men
A public toilet for men
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a toilet for men' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'men's' (relating to men) with 'room' (an indoor space). This is a regular noun phrase composition common across languages and follows standard English modification patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Men's room comes from old signs that showed a separate men's room in public places — literally a room where men could wash or use the toilet. So it now simply means 'a public toilet for use by men'.