"lavat'ry" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlæv.ə.tɹi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lavatory.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lavat'ries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lavat'ry (plural lavat'ries)
  1. (British and dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of lavatory. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: lavatory
    Sense id: en-lavat'ry-en-noun-~P0ZDFqi Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pronunciation spellings

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for lavat'ry meaning in English (1.8kB)

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