Commode Meaning
/kəˈməʊd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA low chest of drawers on short legs.
nounA stand for a washbowl and jug.
Sentence Examples
The antique commode was very valuable.
She used the commode in her bedroom.
The antique wooden commode was placed in the master bedroom.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The elderly woman needed assistance walking to the ____ in her room.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In the hospital, the frail patient used a bedside ____.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from French commode (literally “convenient”). Doublet of comodo.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Changing bandages and emptying the commode doesn’t exactly create a sexy environment, but we never talk about doctors’ appointments or heart problems when we’re in our room – we preserve that little bit of space for ourselves."
— 2025 October 26, Olivia Ladanyi, quoting Zach, “This is how we do it: ‘When his grandma heard us having sex, she asked if we’d been “having a fun dance” upstairs’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
"Then at the Play-Houſe ye ogle the Boxes, and dop and bovv to thoſe you do not knovv, as vvell as thoſe you do. […] You nuzzle your Noſes into their Hoods and Commodes, […]"
— 1693, [Thomas] d’Urfey, The Richmond Heiress: Or, A Woman Once in the Right. A Comedy, […], London: […] Samuel Briscoe, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 14:
"Now under high Commodes with Looks Erect,
Bare-fac’d devours in gawdy Colours deck."
— 1696, George Granville, The She-Gallants:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The elderly woman needed assistance walking to the ____ in her room.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In the hospital, the frail patient used a bedside ____.