What does the "lip" of a toilet bowl mean?

Question

This is a question inspired by the term as used at http://www.quora.com/Why-does-urine-have-a-tendency-to-collect-at-the-base-of-the-toilet and at http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Toilet

I basically want to know what to call the part of the toilet that's under the bowl (but still to the side of it)

Answer 1

The part under the seat is called the BOWL the space where water and other stuff goes down the drain is called the FLUSH PASSAGE

Now i doubt there is a technical name further than that and In the building trade we always set a toilet on the Bowls Base, so the top will be the Bowl Head( which in your case is what you are referring to as the "Lip") and on the head you mount the Seat.

EDIT

What you have circled is called the toiled mounting. The screw you use is called a mounting screw and the mounting screw holds the Toiled base via the toilet mounting to a floor flange.Sometimes in between the base and the flange you can have a leak pan connected to another waste pipe.

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