flushing system

Toilet's water mechanism

A flushing system is a mechanism that uses a rush of water to clear waste from a toilet, urinal, or other receptacle.

The term extends to any apparatus designed to clean by flooding: irrigation flushing systems clear debris from pipes, and some aquariums use flushing systems to cycle water.

The building's flushing system uses recycled graywater.

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valve · fill valve · tank · plumbing · waste pipe · cistern · lever · pressure · drain · pipe · sewage · hydraulic · refill · handle · porcelain · bowl · rinse · whoosh

Opposites
waste disposal method

flushing systemdry toilet

Waterless human waste facility

outhouse · composting toilet · bucket toilet · septic tank · cesspit

technological sophistication

flushing systemchamber pot

Portable indoor toilet vessel

Family

flush, flushed, flushing, flushes, flusher, system, systems, systematic, systematically

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G