comfort stations

noun

plural of comfort station
as in bathrooms
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste a theme park abundantly supplied with comfort stations

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Recent Examples of comfort stations Coulibaly was allegedly recorded hitting a cop in the face with a snowball during the Monday afternoon incident near the park’s comfort stations. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026 Coulibaly was allegedly recorded hitting police with a small boulder of snow during the Monday afternoon incident near the park’s comfort stations. — Thomas Tracy, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026 Approved by the planning board over 10 years ago, prefabricated comfort stations are also planned for Carmel Grove, Carmel Knolls and Solana Highlands Parks. — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comfort stations
  1. bathrooms
  2. restrooms
  3. water closets
  4. toilets
Noun
  • Naturally, the bathrooms are larger in the higher room categories and specialty suites.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Public bathrooms Tourists and locals alike can be more at ease when exploring NYC, as Mayor Zohran Mamdani implements a new program rolling out free modular public bathrooms in high-traffic areas across the city.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of bathrooms
Noun
  • Accessibility There’s an accessible path to the main lobby and guest rooms, with wheelchair accessibility to the hotel's main public restrooms.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
  • And a Buc-ee’s rest stop, equipped with famously clean restrooms, on my way to the State Fair of Texas produced the perfect cross-section of voters to ask whether the Lone Star State is really going blue.
    — Carine Hajjar, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of restrooms
Noun
  • The primary suite includes a large bathroom with two walk-in closets, dual showers, separate water closets and a soaking tub, while the outdoor amenities include a cold plunge and hot tub.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Other details include that the primary suite includes a large bathroom with two walk-in closets, dual showers, separate water closets and a soaking tub, while the outdoor amenities include a cold plunge and hot tub.
    — David Caraccio, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of water closets
Noun
  • Some of those improvements included the installation of Lutron LED lights throughout the resort, the addition of storm windows on all guest room windows and low flow toilets.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • At MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, where the New York Giants took on the Tennessee Titans in a week 3 NFL matchup, the strong winds sent several portable toilets sliding across the parking lot.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of toilets

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“Comfort stations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comfort%20stations. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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