🇬🇧🇪🇸 lavatory - lavabo : English Lesson

Meaning of "lavatory" ("lavabo"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A lavatory is another word for a bathroom or restroom, a small room with a toilet and usually a sink where people go to use the toilet and wash their hands.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Grandpa calls it a lavatory, Dad calls it a bathroom, and my baby sister just calls it "the potty palace."

I knew my sister was in the lavatory because I could hear her singing show tunes to the toilet like it was her biggest fan.

At Grandma’s house, the lavatory has so many perfumes that going in feels like entering a floral explosion cloud.

I decorated the lavatory with superhero posters so even the toilet looks like it’s ready to save the world.

On airplanes, the bathroom is usually called a "lavatory"; it’s the same thing—just a fancier word for a tiny toilet room in the sky.

On the crowded train, Anna clutches her stomach and scans for the lavatory sign. She darts past seats, finds a locked lavatory, taps and peeks into the next lavatory door. Inside, a small lavatory with a bright mirror and sink offers clean relief. She breathes and thanks the attendant at the lavatory door.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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