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Lav vs Lab - What's the difference?

lav | lab |

As nouns the difference between lav and lab

is that lav is lavatory while lab is a laboratory.

As an abbreviation Lab is

labrador a breed of dog.

lav

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British, slang) Lavatory.
    • Please miss, Johnny wants to go to the lav.

    Synonyms

    * (lavatory ): ** (standard ): lavatory, toilet ** (colloquial/slang ): little boy's room, little girl's room, loo, smallest room ** (coarse/taboo slang ): bog, crapper, shithouse, shitter

    Anagrams

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    lab

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial) A laboratory
  • (colloquial) A Labrador retriever
    • Derived terms
    * lab rat

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A telltale; a blabber.
    • (Chaucer)

    Anagrams

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