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PRONUNCIATION OF CHAMBER POT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHAMBER POT

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Chamber pot is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHAMBER POT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Chamber pot

A chamber pot (also a mompot, a jordan, a jerry, a po (possibly from French: pot de chambre), a piss pot, a potty, or a thunder pot, honey pot) is a bowl-shaped container with a handle, and often a lid, kept in the bedroom under a bed or in the cabinet of a nightstand and generally used as a toilet at night. In Victorian times, some chamber pots would be built into a cabinet with a closeable cover.

Definition of chamber pot in the English dictionary

The definition of chamber pot in the dictionary is a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHAMBER POT

chamber
chamber counsel
chamber counsellor
chamber music
chamber of commerce
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Horrors
chamber of trade
chamber orchestra
chamber organ
chamber pop
chamber tomb
chambered
chambered nautilus
chamberer
chamberhand
chamberlain
chamberlainship
chambermaid
chambers

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHAMBER POT

coal pot
coffee pot
go to pot
lobster pot
melting pot
mustard pot
pan pot
peat pot
pepper pot
plant pot
watering pot
yoghurt pot

Synonyms and antonyms of chamber pot in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «chamber pot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHAMBER POT

Find out the translation of chamber pot to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chamber pot from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chamber pot» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

夜壶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

orinal
570 millions of speakers

English

chamber pot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेशाबदान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وعاء الغرفة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

горшок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

penico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শয়নকক্ষে ব্যবহার্য মূত্রধানী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pot de chambre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Periuk kebuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nachttopf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

しびん
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

변기통
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pot pot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

buồng nồi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அறை பானை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चेंबर भांडे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Oda tencere
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vaso da notte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nocnik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

горщик
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oală de noapte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δοχείο νυκτός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kamerpot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

potta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

potte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chamber pot

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHAMBER POT»

The term «chamber pot» is regularly used and occupies the 78.203 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHAMBER POT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chamber pot

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHAMBER POT»

Discover the use of chamber pot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chamber pot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Growing Up with a Chamber Pot: A Lighthearted Memoir of ...
A nostalgic and humorous look at life in the fifties, author Sue Gwaltney's true story recalls the carefree days of rock and roll, cool cars, fast horses, and zany adventures all contained within the framework of Christian upbringing, ...
Sue Burdick Gwaltney, 2012
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Designing Women: The Dressing Room in Eighteenth-century ...
this passage from "The Lady's Dressing Room" to illustrate his definition, further evidence that Swift's satire evoked the "legitimate" cabinet for contemporary readers. To disguise a woman's chamber pot as a cabinet, even if unsuccessfully,  ...
Tita Chico, 2005
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Wittgenstein, Theory, and the Arts
... Adolf Loos was born in Brno, Moravia in 1870, and died in Kalksburg in 1933. He is buried in Vienna's main cemetery. In 1956, the municipality erected a tombstone based on Loos's own drawing: a cube 137 The urn and the chamber pot.
Richard Allen, Malcolm Turvey, 2001
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Discourses of Epictetus -
For to one man it is consistent with reason to hold a chamber pot for another, and to look to this only, that if he does not hold it, he will receive stripes, and he will not receive his food: but if he shall hold the pot, he will not suffer anything hard or  ...
Epictetus, 2008
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Being Dharma
Out of these two people, which one is actually the fool? The chamber pot is not really anything in itself. An ordinary pot is not really anything.We designate something as a chamber pot, and then if someone uses it to serve rice or soup or curry, ...
Ajahn Chah
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Eidolon
Trimalchio's chamber pot: it stood about as much a chance of being the original chamber pot belonging to that Roman aesthete as the two heads of John the Baptist claimed by various churches in the Middle Ages both stood to be Salome's ...
Jonathan Strahan, Jeremy G. Byrne, 2006
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The Sangamo Frontier: History and Archaeology in the Shadow ...
When they do appear, however, they are usually undecorated, and it was the chamber pot that represented the last form of creamware in use in the region. We have recovered creamware chamber pots from deposits dating to the 1840s in St.
Robert Mazrim, 2008
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Discourses
For to one man it is consistent with reason to hold a chamber pot for another, and to look to this only, that if he does not hold it, he will receive stripes, and he will not receive his food: but if he shall hold the pot, he will not suffer anything hard or  ...
Epictetus, 1966
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The Discourses of Epictetus - Special Edition
But to another man not only does the holding of a chamber pot appear intolerable for himself, but intolerable also for him to allow another to do this office for him. If, then, you ask me whether you should hold the chamber pot or not, I shall say to ...
Arrian, 2010
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The Master of Illusions: Pictures to Ponder from a Visual ...
On her way out, she showed me the cutest little glass chamber pot, mentioning that I would surely need it within the next few hours. I whined, "A chamber pot? I' m not a baby!" and gasped for breath. "I know," she replied, "but you probably won't ...
Sandro Del-Prete, Annemarie Koch, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHAMBER POT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chamber pot is used in the context of the following news items.
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O'Donovan Rossa's battle of wills revealed in new crime records
Things came to a head when, on June 17th, he threw his chamber pot at the governor. Punishment was swift and harsh. The following morning ... «IrishCentral, Jul 15»
2
Behold, the first man to take a shit on a Pogo stick
... which is either a commentary on our shared struggle as humans a la Everybody Poops or an indication that his chamber pot pal probably has ... «Death and Taxes, Jul 15»
3
Chamber teams up with Conestoga for annual tournament
Hole #15 will be the Chamber Pot of Gold Hole, showcasing accuracy, teams will have a chance to start a par 4 from less than 200 yards away! «Mesquite Local News, Jul 15»
4
Ken Rechtin's Another Voice: Deja Vu All Over Again at Sanitation …
“Dumping sewage from a chamber pot out onto the sidewalk or into the gutter is no longer an acceptable way to dispose of our excrement. «The River City News, Jul 15»
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'Clobbered' porcelains still have plenty of value
Chamber pot, Georgian, mahogany, carved, fluted column, hinged, pull out footrest, 18 inches, $85. Roller organ, walnut, drop down door, ... «HeraldNet, Jul 15»
6
Ghosts of Powell's past tell tales
There will be some they won't recognize, such as chamber pot, rug beaters, kraut mashers, or a Victrola. They will learn ways that volunteers ... «ThisWeekNews, Jul 15»
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Remember when
Each of the 12 rooms had a pitcher, a washbowl and a chamber pot. The family also lived on the second floor sharing the facilities with the ... «McLeansboro Times Leader, Jun 15»
8
Ok, chaps, anyone for a spot of dwile flunking?
If he succeeds, he wins points; if he fails, he is likely to have a chamber pot of beer tipped over his head if he can't drink it quickly enough. «Oxford Mail, Jun 15»
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If an item has been 'clobbered,' it will be worth a lot less
Chamber pot, Georgian, mahogany, carved, fluted column, hinged, pull-out footrest, 18 inches, $85. • Roller organ, walnut, drop-down door, two ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jun 15»
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My Q and A With Roger Ekirch on the Way We Sleep, and How It's …
In myriad ways, from the spiritual to the profane, in addition to more mundane tasks such as rising to urinate, either in a chamber pot or, on mild ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»

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