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commode
noun com·mode \kə-ˈmōd\
: a low piece of furniture with drawers or sometimes a door and shelves
: a chair with a hole in the seat and a pot underneath that is used as a toilet
Full Definition of COMMODE
1
: a woman's ornate cap popular in the late 17th and early 18th centuries
2
a : a low chest of drawers b : a movable washstand with a cupboard underneath c : a boxlike structure holding a chamber pot under an open seat; also : chamber pot d : toilet 3b
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Origin of COMMODE
French, from commode, adjective, suitable, convenient, from Latin commodus, from com- + modus measure — more at mete
First Known Use: circa 1688
Rhymes with COMMODE
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