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portaloo

portaloo noun: a portable toilet.

Noun

portaloo (plural portaloos)

  1. (UK) A portable toilet.
    • The valleys and hillsides looked pretty chewed up by all the maneuvers, portaloos dotted the landscape, but the fauna seemed to appreciate the fact that the U.S. Army—unlike the Bavarian hunters outside the box—were shooting blanks.2009, James Der Derian, Virtuous war: mapping the military-industrial-media-entertainment network
    • On what would once have been the front lawn there is now a prefabricated hut and a portaloo.2011, Elly Griffiths, The Janus Stone
    Synonyms:
    bathroom

Synonyms of portaloo

Forms of portaloo

pluralportaloos

Origin of portaloo

From a trademark of Portakabin Ltd, based on portable and loo.

Questions about portaloo

What does portaloo mean?
Portaloo means a portable toilet.
What part of speech is portaloo?
Portaloo is a noun.
What is the plural of portaloo?
The plural of portaloo is portaloos.

Words near portaloo in the dictionary

  1. portaling
  2. portalization
  3. portalized
  4. portalled
  5. portalling
  6. portaloo
  7. portaloos
  8. portals
  9. portalvenous
  10. portamenti
  11. portamento

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