noun
urinal
yoor-REYE-nuhl
Urinal (noun) means a fixture, typically wall-mounted, designed for men to urinate into.
noun
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A fixture, typically wall-mounted, designed for men to urinate into.
"The public restroom had three urinals along one wall."
How to use urinal
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA bathroom fixture used for standing urination.
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Word forms
- Plural
- urinals
Etymology
From Latin ūrīnālis, "relating to urine"; the plumbing-fixture sense dates only to the 1850s.
Class of 1850
urinal joined the language around 1850.
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Rhymes for urinal
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What is the meaning of urinal?
"urinal" (noun) means a fixture, typically wall-mounted, designed for men to urinate into.
How do you use urinal in a sentence?
Example: "The public restroom had three urinals along one wall."
