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LOO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does loo mean? 

LOO (noun)
  The noun LOO has 1 sense:

1. a toilet in Britainplay

  Familiarity information: LOO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A toilet in Britain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

closet; loo; W.C.; water closet

Hypernyms ("loo" is a kind of...):

bathroom; can; john; lav; lavatory; privy; toilet (a room or building equipped with one or more toilets)


 Context examples 


On entering the drawing-room she found the whole party at loo, and was immediately invited to join them; but suspecting them to be playing high she declined it, and making her sister the excuse, said she would amuse herself for the short time she could stay below, with a book.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)



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