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commode (s) (noun), commodes (pl)
1. A low cabinet or chest of drawers, usually elaborately decorated.
2. A chair or box-shaped piece of furniture holding a chamber pot covered by a lid.
3. A movable washstand with a cupboard underneath containing a chamber pot or washbasin.
4. A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination; a toilet.
5. Etymology: "chest of drawers," earlier (1680's) a fashionable ladies' headdress, from French, commode, "convenient, suitable"; from Latin commodus, "proper, fit, appropriate, convenient, satisfactory"; from com-, "with, together" + modus, "convenient; suitable; measure".
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