ablutions
Noun
Meaning
plural of ablution
A building that houses bathing and toilet facilities on a military base. [From the mid 20th century.]
ablutions pl (plural only)
(plural only, UK, military) The location or building where the showers and basins are located. [From mid 20 century.]
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On August 14, staff from the donors came together to finalise the painting of the murals in the entrance and ablutions, sprucing up the sick bay and laying out safe sand in the playground of Rosetttenville Central Primary School.
Placing the elixir on the grass, and thereby liberating his mother Vinata from her servitude, he urged the serpents to perform their religious ablutions before consuming it.
The serpents came back from their ablutions and saw the elixir gone but with small droplets of it on the grass.
"Use only boiled and cooled, distilled, or sterile water for making sinus rinse solutions for neti pots or performing ritual ablutions," the Health Department said.
In 2010 Robertshawe said that 'living accommodation for soldiers and their families is generally appalling with no running water or ablutions and often is a self-built shack or mud hut.'
"I am afraid that the state of these ablutions will give a bad image to our town.