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Look up: Commode

  1. Commode
    A small portable toilet.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  2. commode
    In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the French name for a low chest of drawers. The word gradually came to describe any low cupboard or chest which was of a decorative French pattern.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. Commode
    Com·mode' noun [ French commode , from commode convenient, Latin commodus ; com- + modus measure, mode. See Mode .] 1. A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the hair and fore part of th...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/117

  4. commode
    crapper noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Commode
    • (n.) A kind of close stool. • (n.) A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber vessel. • (n.) A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet. • (n.) A piece of furniture, so named according to temporary fashion • (n.) A kind of headdress formerly worn by l...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. commode
    in dress, wire framework that was worn ( 1690–1710 in France and England) on the head to hold in position a topknot made of ribbon, starched linen, ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/116

  7. commode
    type of furniture resembling the English chest of drawers, in use in France in the late 17th century. Most commodes had marble tops, and some were ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/116

  8. Commode
    A small, low chest with doors or drawers, many traditionally styled nightstands are referred to as commodes.
    Found on http://www.artisansofthevalley.com/comm_

  9. COMMODE
    An arcahic style of toilet. 'A box-like structure holding a chamber pot under an open seat.' Sometimes slang for 'toilet'.
    Found on http://www.tjader.com/glossary.html

  10. commode
    • a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
    • a tall elegant chest of drawers

    Found on

  11. Commode
    A commode is an occasional table supported by a cupboard, sometimes also with drawers. They were very popular in the 18th century. The term is also applied to a bedside cupboard.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  12. Commode
    A commode was a lady's head-dress in use at the time of William and Mary, and consisting of a wire frame two or three stories high covered with tiffany or other thin silks.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  13. commode
    In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the French name for a low chest of drawers. The word gradually came to describe any low cupboard or chest which was of a decorative French pattern.
    Found on http://www.antique-marks.com/antique-ter

  14. Commode
    A `commode`, `commode with legs`, or `commode on legs` is any of several pieces of furniture. The word commode comes from the French word for "convenient" or "suitable", which in turn comes from the Latin adjective commodus, with similar meanings. Originally, in Fre...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commode



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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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