The word 'commode' is correct and commonly used in written English.
A commode refers to a type of piece of furniture with a hinged or removable seat, used as a chair or enclosing a chamber pot. Example: "She bought a beautiful antique commode for her bedroom, adding a touch of elegance to the room's decor."
Now he's the chief executive at lender CIT, but back in 2009, his $1.2m office decorating bill, including a $35,000 commode, helped make it much easier for Bank of America to push him toward the exit.
"My mother is embarrassed to have to use the commode by her bed at night," said Dr. Baez-Page.
There are also private initiatives, including one to buy commode toilets for disabled soldiers who can no longer use squatting pans.
A bill dated 1772 shows that Cobb supplied the marquetried commode with gilt bronze mounts and pair of vase stands at Corsham Court, Wiltshire; a similar commode in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, may also be his.
The graceful bombé commode, often with marble top and two or three drawers, the surface enriched with finely modelled ormolu mounts, was popular.
In France the corner cupboard was popular at the same time as the commode, and sometimes a pair of corner cupboards were made to match a commode, forming a suite.
You may only know the word "commode" as a euphemism for "toilet".
Clearly it's time to bring back the commode of the late 15th and early 16th centuries a formidable hairpiece made of wire framework that was covered in ribbon, starched linen, and lace.
The best results of this process (e.g., an 18th-century commode attributed to René Dubois) were never as hard and brilliant as real Oriental lacquer, but they provided an admirable substitute; on occasions it is not easy to distinguish them, especially when East Asian designs were imitated.
The Supreme Court justice Lady Hale was one of five judges ruling on the case of the former ballerina Elaine McDonald who argued that her local authority should continue providing a night-time carer to help her use a commode.
