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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loo/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loo/#x1)
- The loo is at the end of the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loo/#x2)
- We ran out of loo roll. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loo/#x3)
- Wash your hands after using the loo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loo/#x4)
- There's a long queue for the ladies' loo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loo/#x5)
- Let's have a loo break before the long drive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loo/#x6)
- The camping site has two loos for 30 tents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loo/#x7)
- "I need the loo!" said Tom in the middle of the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loo/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/18/)
- [She smiles in every photo, then cries in the loo, happy and sad at once.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner/34/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «loo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.