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Meanings of loo in English

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A ceramic device used for depositing and removing human excrement with water through flushing.

Portuguese
sanita
Catalan
w.c.
Spanish
váter

A toilet in Britain.

sanita
Synonyms
Examples for "closet"
Examples for "closet"
1
I've got a good family; don't have any skeletons in my closet.
Complete Books of Blood
2
But the under table-cloth was kept in a drawer in the closet.
The Peterkin papers
3
Sullivan says: Barack Obama had to come out of a different closet.
Ebony
4
The panel in the ceiling of the closet was twenty inches square.
The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
5
One project Ihad long been putting off was a closet clear out.
The Irish Times
1
Arabella's mousy friend exited her water closet and moved toward the sink.
The sherlockian
2
He vomited in the water closet and then collapsed onto his pallet.
The Golem and the Jinni
3
After that, the Golem went to the water closet to collect herself.
The Golem and the Jinni
4
He buckled his belt and crawled out of his ruined water closet.
The last page
5
Miss Martin's been making rapid visits to the water closet feeling sick.
A singular man
Spanish
idioma loo

Language.

Related terms
idioma loo
Usage of loo in English
1
My sister went loo loo, which means look and she said kitty.
The apocalypse reader
2
Anna Faris was spotted taking her loo paper home from the supermarket.
News.com.au
3
Drink so much water you have to go to the loo regularly.
The Guardian
4
A short, dark corridor led from the members' lounge to the loo.
Tommy's honor: the story of old tom morris and young tom morris,...
5
Or that dignity means letting people go to the loo in private?
The Guardian
6
You'll meet Lola in a second-shejust ran off to the loo.
Sloane Sisters
7
Afterwards, when he's gone to the loo, Lilly tells me her plans.
The Guardian
8
The loo is the one place where your movements are not recorded.
Wired
9
Entering the loo, he quickly ducked into one of the four stalls.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
10
Bangladesh need 22 from four overs, and I desperate for the loo.
The Guardian
11
I empty a whole bottle down the loo, and soon regret it.
The Guardian
12
About loo nationalists stood on the other side of the bridge watching.
The Irish Times
13
I thought... hoped... that after dinner... we might all play atlanctie loo.
Speaks the Nightbird
14
There were two tables at loo, two at whist, and a quadrille.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
15
Then he knocked softly on the loo door, but no one answered.
The curse of deadman's forest
16
In Killiney, Co Dublin, they have provided a special loo for dogs.
The Irish Times
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Translations for loo
Loo through the time
Loo across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common