com|mode

com|mode
com|mode «kuh MOHD», noun.
1. a piece of furniture with drawers for clothing or other items; chest of drawers. SYNONYM(S): bureau, dresser, chiffonier.
2. a stand in a bedroom to hold a chamber pot, and usually a washbasin, pitcher of water, and soap dish.
3. a) a toilet flushed by water; water closet. b) = closestool. (Cf.closestool)
4. a high headdress of silk or lace worn by women about 1700; fontange.
[< Middle French commode, learned borrowing from Latin commodus convenient, appropriate < com- with + modus (proper) measure]

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