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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

  1. noun An underground pit that collects and holds sewage or wastewater.
  2. noun Figuratively, a place or situation that is extremely dirty, corrupt, or unpleasant.

fleabag — full definition

  1. noun (informal) A run-down, dirty place to stay, especially a cheap hotel.
  2. noun (informal, often affectionate) A scruffy or unkempt animal.

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