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Privy Common

Privy has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

2

a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate

3

An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).

Adjective
1

hidden from general view or use

"a privy place to rest and think"

"a secluded romantic spot"

"a secret garden"

2

(followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally known

"privy to the details of the conspiracy"

3

Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.

Example Sentences
"a privy place to rest and think" adjective
"a secluded romantic spot" adjective
"a secret garden" adjective
"privy to the details of the conspiracy" adjective
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
room outbuilding
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
head public toilet washroom water closet
Rhyming Words
ivy tivy livy divy bivy chivy tantivy lower ivy boston ivy poison ivy german ivy little ivy ground ivy public ivy devil's ivy western poison ivy eastern poison ivy
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