toilet seat
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- noun
- /ˈtɔɪlɪt siːt/
:
asiento del inodoro
- Look at the toilet seat cover.
- a raised toilet seat
Prince Charles brings his own toilet seat with him on royal trips.
- Prince Charles brings his own toilet seat with him on royal trips.
- Until recently when they go to the bathroom, they're both sitting on a toilet seat the same height.
- Comment below if you guys knew that most toilet seats come off very easily for a deeper clean.
- Oh, I realized the other day, one of my pet peeves is if somebody has a toilet seat that won't go straight, it won't stay up.
- That includes on surfaces like door knobs and toilet seats and can stay on those surfaces for months despite cleaning.
- So if you went to the toilet for a long time, the British at the Crystal Palace, they invented or produced for the first time the toilet seat.
- And that toilet seat, it, it like, comes down all the time.
Examples
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Heather went to help, and together she and Jeff lifted him onto the toilet seat.
Fiction book (1998) -
My dad had always left the toilet seat up, of course.
Fiction book (2001) -
I clean my toilet seat so much before I sit down on it, and it's mine.
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I left the toilet seat up.
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Bill, how many times have I asked you not to leave the toilet seat up?
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I can see some grime on that toilet seat.
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I got a bidet attachment to my toilet seat and it has changed my life.
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Two cats slept in the bath and another was curled up on top of the toilet seat.
Fiction book (1998) -
Painfully, he straightened up, then sat down on the toilet seat to wait.
Fiction book (1994) -
I always make sure to lower the toilet seat after using the bathroom.
Synonyms
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A place for one person to sit, for example in a theater
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A small seat children sit on to learn to use the toilet
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a hinged seat attached to the top of a toilet bowl' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'toilet' (the fixture) with 'seat' (a surface for sitting). This straightforward nominal compound follows common noun + noun composition patterns found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Toilet seat is just the seat made for the toilet. Imagine a chair part that covers the bowl so you can 'sit' comfortably. That's why it means the hinged seat attached to a toilet bowl.