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cesso — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • can verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
  • commode noun A chair-like piece of furniture with a hinged seat concealing a chamber pot, used as a toilet substitute.
  • hole noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
  • hovel noun A small, poorly built and often squalid dwelling; a shack.
  • toilet noun A fixture, usually with a bowl and seat, used for urination and defecation and flushed with water.

Senses

cesso is used for these senses in English:

  • commode (euphemistic, US, South Asia) A toilet.
  • flush toilet A toilet that uses water to flush urine and feces through a pipe to another location, typically a sewer main in urban settings or a septic tank elsewhere.
  • hole (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
  • hovel (pejorative) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
  • toilet (NZ) A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation and sink but no bathtub or shower.
  • toilet (obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. [17th–19th c.]

can — full definition

  1. verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
  2. verb Used to say something is allowed or permitted.
  3. noun A sealed metal container, especially for food or drink.
  4. verb To preserve food by sealing it in an airtight can or jar.
  5. verb Informally, to dismiss someone from a job, or to scrap a plan.

commode — full definition

  1. noun A chair-like piece of furniture with a hinged seat concealing a chamber pot, used as a toilet substitute.
  2. noun A low chest of drawers, often decorative, standing on short legs.

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