Jakes
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noun plural.
A latrine; a privy.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A privy.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A privy.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
privy
or
latrine
.
noun.
Plural form of
jake
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
Word Usage
"In the beginning of his pamphlet, Harington contends that the slang jakes refers to the Greek Captain Ajax, who upon his suicide morphed into grass."
Form
Jake
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
outbuilding
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Lakes
aches
aix
bakes
brakes
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
Humvee
Sicilian
backhouse
bathhouse
corridor
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
privy