"lav" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /læv/ Audio: En-au-lav.ogg Forms: lavs [plural]
Rhymes: -æv Head templates: {{en-noun}} lav (plural lavs)
  1. (UK, Ireland, slang) Clipping of lavatory. Tags: Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Alternative form of: lavatory Categories (topical): Toilet (room) Translations (non-offensive slang for a lavatory): vessa (Finnish), petit coin [masculine] (French), Klo [neuter] (German), retrete [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lav-en-noun-hjHej~3y Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 59 41 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 1 1 0 3 15 5 0 1 1 9 22 16 1 23 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 0 2 14 3 0 1 1 9 23 17 1 27 1 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'non-offensive slang for a lavatory': 84 16
  2. (film, informal) Clipping of lavalier microphone. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: lavalier microphone Categories (topical): Film
    Sense id: en-lav-en-noun-yu~zGB-V Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bathroom Derived forms: lavvy

Inflected forms

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          "text": "If you had too much slap on when you went out . . . your mates say too much slap on your ecaf. Yeah. Oh really girl? Yes . . . Go in the lavs here and have a look."
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          "code": "es",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "vessa"
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      "sense": "non-offensive slang for a lavatory",
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      "word": "petit coin"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "non-offensive slang for a lavatory",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "non-offensive slang for a lavatory",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "retrete"
    }
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