loo

«loo» in Mova's school dictionary: the toilet, or the room with the toilet — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a loo, loos)

meaning for a pupil

(informal, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) The loo is the toilet, or the room with the toilet. tree →

sense in the lessons

It is a polite, everyday word in British, Irish, Australian and NZ homes and schools; Americans usually say "bathroom" or "restroom". In stories it shows ordinary, friendly talk. Phrases: go to the loo, need the loo, loo roll (toilet paper), loo break.

examples

• May I go to the loo, please? tree →
• The loo is at the end of the hall. tree →
• We ran out of loo roll. tree →
• Wash your hands after using the loo. tree →
• There's a long queue for the ladies' loo. tree →
• Let's have a loo break before the long drive. tree →
• The camping site has two loos for 30 tents. tree →
• "I need the loo!" said Tom in the middle of the film. tree →

note

Informal but not rude. Plural "loos". Other words: toilet (UK), bathroom/restroom (USA, Canada), dunny (Australia, slang), lav (UK, informal). Not related to "Waterloo" for children's purposes.

In the corpora

• "The loo" is the everyday British word for the toilet.
• She smiles in every photo, then cries in the loo, happy and sad at once.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «loo» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.