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Lava vs Lav - What's the difference?

lava | lav |

As a verb lava

is to wash.

As a noun lav is

(british|slang) lavatory.

lava

English

(wikipedia lava)

Noun

  • The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
  • (informal, proscribed) Magma.

    • Usage notes

    Geologists make a distinction between magma (molten rock underground) and lava (molten rock on the surface).

    Derived terms

    * lava lamp * lava millstone * lava ware

    See also

    * aa * pahoehoe

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    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

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