- a piece of furniture, usually highly ornamented, containing drawers or shelves
- a bedside table with a cabinet below for a chamber pot or washbasin
- a movable piece of furniture, sometimes in the form of a chair, with a hinged flap concealing a chamber pot
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com•mode /kəˈmoʊd/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Furniturea low cabinet or similar piece of furniture containing drawers or shelves.
- toilet (def. 1).
- a portable toilet, esp. one on a chairlike frame, as for an invalid.
com•mode
(kə mōd′),USA pronunciation n.
- Furniturea low cabinet or similar piece of furniture, often highly ornamental, containing drawers or shelves.
- Furniturea stand or cupboard containing a chamber pot or washbasin.
- toilet (def. 1).
- a portable toilet, esp. one on a chairlike frame with wheels, as for an invalid.
- an elaborate headdress consisting chiefly of a high framework decorated with lace, ribbons, etc., worn perched on top of the hair by women in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
- Latin commodus convenient, equivalent. to com- com- + modus mode1
- French
- 1680–90
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commode /kəˈməʊd/ n
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