مِرْحَاضٌ

A piece of wood with which a garment, or piece of cloth, is beaten (S, A, * K) when it is washed. (S, A. *)

A vessel of the kind called إِجَّانَة, or of the kind called طَسْت, in which clothes are washed: (A:) and ↓ مِرْحَضَةٌ signifies a vessel of the kind called إِجَّانَة; because clothes are washed in it. (Lh.)

A place of washing: (Mgh, Msb:) or a place in which one washes himself. (S, K.)

And hence, (tropical:) A privy: (S, * A, Mgh, Msb, K:) plural مَرَاحِيضُ (S, Mgh) and مَرَاحِضُ. (TA.)