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Related topics: Furniturecom·mode /kəˈməʊd $ -ˈmoʊd/ noun [countable] 1. DHFTOILETa piece of furniture shaped like a chair that can be used as a toilet 座椅式便桶2. DHFan old-fashioned piece of furniture with drawers or shelves 衣柜，五斗橱3. TOILET American English a word meaning ‘toilet’ used by people who do not like saying ‘toilet’ 洗手间，厕所〔委婉语〕Examples from the Corpuscommode• Sister Agnesey enquires if any progress has been made in acquiring commodes.• There are five bathroom commodes for 400 girls.• Attributed to Thomas Chippendale, commode, mahogany, 1766.• The experience is sobering, a renewed effort has to be made to obtain commodes.• Bedford sat down on the commode.• Eline caught Joe around the waist and half-lifted, half-pulled him into place on the commode.Origin commode (1600-1700) French commode “useful, suitable”, from Latin commodus, from com- ( → COM-) + modus “measure”com·mode nounChineseSyllable Corpus furniture a piece like shaped a of |