toilet - A toilet, loo, lavatory or WC is a plumbing fixture and disposal system primarily intended for the disposal of the bodily wastes: urine and fecal matter. The word 'toilet' can be used to refer to the fixture itself or to the room containing the fixture, especially in British English. In North American English the word 'toilet' refers solely to the fixture itself and not to the room that contains it, thus asking for the 'toilet' is seen as indecent; the euphemisms bathroom, restroom, washroom, men's room or ladies' room are preferred. However, the word 'toilet', meaning the fixture itself, is also originally a euphemism (as are the great majority of the words for this particular fixture) and it remains in entirely polite usage in British English.