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Look up: Commode

  1. 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.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Commode
    A small portable toilet.
    Found on http://www.cmht.nwest.nhs.uk/cancerinfo/

  3. 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-crafts.co.uk/glossary

  4. 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 the cap to a great height. « Or under high commodes , with looks erect. Granville. » 2. A piece of furniture, so ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/117

  5. commode
    crapper noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. Commode
    A `Commode` is any of several pieces of furniture. The English word `commode` comes from French roots meaning `convenient` or `suitable`. Originally, in furniture it meant a `cabinet`, with one or more doors, which served as a washstand with a washbasin and water pitcher, and which also offered an enclosed area below for storing a chamberpot. Convenience cabinets called commodes often furnished middle-class bedrooms before the days of indoor p...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commode

  7. 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 ladies, raising the hair and fore part of the cap t...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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_

  11. 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

  12. commode
    1. a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
    2. a tall elegant chest of drawers

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23 November 2009

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