sink verb (GO DOWN BELOW) to (cause something or someone to) go down below the surface or to the bottom of a liquid or soft substance: The Titanic was a passenger ship which sank (to the bottom of the ocean) in 1912. The legs of the garden chair sank into the soft ground.

As detailed above, ‘sinking’ can be a verb or a noun. Noun usage: I witnessed the sinking of my ship from the shore.

Filters. To pour or serve wine or beer, to skink.

A sink – also known by other names including sinker, washbowl, hand basin, wash basin, and simply basin – is a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture used for washing hands, dishwashing, and other purposes.

Sink is defined as to go down slowly, or to drop beneath the surface or normal level. An example of to sink is to drop down to a D average in a class. An example of to sink is for a boat to go beneath the surface of the water.

Examples of Sinking and Floating Objects An iron nail sinks in water while a flat cup floats. This is because the nail is unable to displace the amount of water equivalent to its weight. Similarly, an empty plastic bottle floats on water. However, when you fill it up with water, the bottle sinks.

Summary: During the past, the term “lavatory” was used to refer to wash basins while the term “sink” was used to refer to a shallow waste pit. As of today, the term “lavatory” refers to facilities that allow us to excrete our urine and waste such as the toilet. And the term “sink” is used to refer to wash basins.

bathroom lavatory

Lavatory. Another word with a Latin root, lavatory comes from ‘lavare’. During the Medieval period it evolved into ‘lavatorium’ (which means washbasin), before arriving at the lavatory at some point in the 14th century.

As nouns the difference between lavatory and toilet is that lavatory is a bathroom; a washroom; a room containing a toilet while toilet is (archaic) personal grooming; washing, dressing etc.

aircraft lavatory

In British English, “bathroom” is a common term but is typically reserved for private rooms primarily used for bathing; a room without a bathtub or shower is more often known as a “WC”, an abbreviation for water closet, “lavatory”, or “loo”.

A half-bath, also known as a powder room or guest bath, has only two of the four main bathroom components—typically a toilet and sink.

What is a 0.25 Bathroom. A 0.25 bathroom is a bathroom that has either a sink, a shower, toilet or a bathtub. These baths are similar to half baths, but they only have one fixture instead of half baths that have both a toilet and sink.

Typically, a 3/4 bath will feature a toilet, sink, and upright stall shower, although in some cases a tub will replace the shower.

For the uninitiated, cludgie is a Scottish word meaning “toilet”, although probably not to be used in the politest of companies.

We’ll get the basic etymology out of the way: “John” as slang for toilet probably derived from “jakes” or “jacks,” medieval English terms for what was then a small, smelly loo inside the house if you were very fancy and outside the house if you were slightly less so.

loo (British, informal) bog (slang) I’m reading it on the bog.

The word “Dunny” is Australian slang for toilet or outhouse. Technically “Dunny” isn’t a rude word but not many people on average say the word dunny.