commode

UK: /kəˈməʊd/ US: /kəˈmoʊd/ ,(kə mōd′)

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com•mode /kəˈmoʊd/   n. [countable]

1. Furniture a low cabinet or similar piece of furniture containing drawers or shelves.
2. toilet (def. 1).
3. a portable toilet, esp. one on a chairlike frame, as for an invalid.

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com•mode  (kə mōd′), n. 

1. Furniture a low cabinet or similar piece of furniture, often highly ornamental, containing drawers or shelves.
2. Furniture a stand or cupboard containing a chamber pot or washbasin.
3. toilet (def. 1).
4. a portable toilet, esp. one on a chairlike frame with wheels, as for an invalid.
5. an elaborate headdress consisting chiefly of a high framework decorated with lace, ribbons, etc., worn perched on top of the hair by women in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

• Latin commodus convenient, equivalent. to com- com- + modus mode¹
• French
• 1680–90

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commode / kəˈməʊd/ noun

1. a piece of furniture, usually highly ornamented, containing drawers or shelves
2. a bedside table with a cabinet below for a chamber pot or washbasin
3. a movable piece of furniture, sometimes in the form of a chair, with a hinged flap concealing a chamber pot

Etymology: 17th Century: from French, from Latin commodus commodious