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urinal

Pronunciation: /jʊəˈraɪnəl/

The English word “urinal” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A device or fixture used for urination, particularly
  2. A glass vial used for examining or storing urine.
  3. A chamber pot specially designed or considered as a device for urination.
  4. A device for urination worn or used by patients suffering urinary incontinence.
  5. A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.
  6. Any oblong glass vessel shaped like the old alchemist's urinal.
  7. A room or structure used for urination: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.

adjective

  1. Synonym of urinary.

Etymology

From Middle English urinal, urynal, orynal, from Old French urinal, orinal (“vessel for urination”), from Latin ūrīnālis (“urinary”). Use for plumbing fixtures attested from 1851.

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