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In some senses, commode is marked as US, euphemistic, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
A low chest of drawers on short legs.
A stand for a washbowl and jug.
A chair containing a chamber pot.
Changing bandages and emptying the commode doesn’t exactly create a sexy environment, but we never talk about doctors’ appointments or heart problems when we’re in our room – we preserve that little bit of space for ourselves.
A toilet.
A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.
Then at the Play-Houſe ye ogle the Boxes, and dop and bovv to thoſe you do not knovv, as vvell as thoſe you do. […] You nuzzle your Noſes into their Hoods and Commodes, […]
Now under high Commodes with Looks Erect, Bare-fac’d devours in gawdy Colours deck.