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2. Toilet (room) - Wikipedia

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   These rooms are typically referred to in North America as half-bathrooms (half-baths; half of a whole or full-bathroom) in a private residence. [ 1 ] This room is commonly known as a " bathroom " in American English , a "toilet ", "WC", "lavatory" or "loo" in the United Kingdom and Ireland , a "washroom" in Canadian English , and by many other ...

3. Alcove (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   In architecture, an alcove is a small recessed section of a room or an arched opening (as in a wall). [1] The section is partially enclosed by such vertical elements as walls, pillars and balustrades.

4. Semi-basement - Wikipedia

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   Belton House.Externally the windows of the servant's semi-basement are visible at ground level. Internally they are too close to the ceiling to have a view. In architecture, a semi-basement, lower ground, lower level, etc. is a floor of a building that is half below ground, rather than entirely such as a true basement or cellar.

5. Setback (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   A setback as a minimum one-bay indent across all stories is called a recessed bay or recess and is the more common exterior form of an alcove. Upper stories forming a step-back may form a belvedere – and in residential use are considered the penthouse. If part of the roof, then they are a loft or attic/garret.

6. Apse - Wikipedia

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   Typical early Christian Byzantine apse with a hemispherical semi-dome in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe Typical floor plan of a cathedral, with the apse shaded. In architecture, an apse (pl.: apses; from Latin absis, 'arch, vault'; from Ancient Greek ἀψίς, apsis, 'arch'; sometimes written apsis; pl.: apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi ...

7. Washstand - Wikipedia

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   A washstand or basin stand is a piece of furniture consisting of a small table or cabinet, usually supported on three or four legs, and most commonly made of mahogany, walnut, or rosewood, and made for holding a wash basin and water pitcher. The smaller varieties were used for rose-water ablutions, or for hair-powdering.