Usually means: Short for lavatory; informal restroom.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word lav:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. lav: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lav: Merriam-Webster
  3. lav: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. LAV: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lav: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lav: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lav, lav: Wordnik
  8. lav: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lav: Wiktionary
  10. lav: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. LAV, lav: Dictionary.com
  12. LAV, Lav: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. lav: Rhymezone
  14. LAV: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. lav: FreeDictionary.org
  16. lav: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. LAV: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lav-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. LAV: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. LAV: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. LAV: Acronym Finder
  2. LAV: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. lav, lav: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. lav: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. lav: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. 2060 Shadow-Slang (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

(Note: See laving as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (UK, Ireland, slang) Clipping of lavatory. [A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly:]
▸ noun:  (film, informal) Clipping of lavalier microphone. [(sound engineering) A small microphone worn like a lavalier (suspended from a cord worn around the neck).]
▸ noun:  (military) Acronym of light armoured vehicle. (a type of military armoured car)
▸ noun:  (medicine, pathology, dated) Initialism of lymphadenopathy-associated virus.

Similar:
lavatory, toilet, bathroom, john, privy, can, facility, loo, washroom, washbasin, more...

Opposite:
sink, drain, waste pipe

Phrases:
lav ad, LAV III, Lav Diaz, LAV 6, LAV II, more...

Adjectives:
international, human, common, new, natural, civil, general, martial, roman, english, old

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Similar:
lavatory, toilet, bathroom, john, privy, can, facility, loo, washroom, washbasin, more...

Opposite:
sink, drain, waste pipe

Phrases:
lav ad, LAV III, Lav Diaz, LAV 6, LAV II, General Motors LAV, Komatsu LAV, lav in london, london lav, living lav, more...

Adjectives:
international, human, common, new, natural, civil, general, martial, roman, english, old



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