läävä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cesspool noun An underground pit that collects and holds sewage or wastewater.
- fleabag noun (informal) A run-down, dirty place to stay, especially a cheap hotel.
- kip noun British informal: sleep, or a place to sleep.
- lava noun Molten rock that has erupted from a volcano onto the earth's surface, or the solid rock formed once it cools.
- pigpen noun An enclosure where pigs are kept; a pigsty.
- pigsty noun A pen where pigs are kept.
- sty noun A pen where pigs are kept.
- toilet noun A fixture, usually with a bowl and seat, used for urination and defecation and flushed with water.
Senses
läävä is used for these senses in English:
- cesspool (by extension) A filthy place.
- fleabag (slang) A place of shabby lodging, particularly a filthy hotel or run-down apartment.
- glory hole A generally untidy place.
- kip (informal, chiefly, UK, Ireland) A very untidy house or room.
- lava The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides; magma that has breached the surface of the earth.
- pigsty (colloquial) A dirty or very untidy place.
- sty (figurative) A messy, dirty or debauched place.
- toilet (obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. [17th–19th c.]
cesspool — full definition
- noun An underground pit that collects and holds sewage or wastewater.
- noun Figuratively, a place or situation that is extremely dirty, corrupt, or unpleasant.
fleabag — full definition
- noun (informal) A run-down, dirty place to stay, especially a cheap hotel.
- noun (informal, often affectionate) A scruffy or unkempt animal.