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vessa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • can verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
  • head noun The part of the body containing the brain, eyes, and mouth.
  • jacks noun A children's game played by tossing and catching small metal or plastic pieces along with a ball.
  • lav noun Clipping of lavatory.
  • recess noun A break from an activity or from regular proceedings, especially in a school, court, or legislature.
  • restroom noun A public toilet, especially one in a shop, office, or other building.
  • toilet noun A fixture, usually with a bowl and seat, used for urination and defecation and flushed with water.

Senses

vessa is used for these senses in English:

  • can (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.
  • head (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
  • head (nautical) The toilet of a ship.
  • jacks (slang, now, _, chiefly, _, Irish) Alternative form of jakes: an outhouse or lavatory.
  • lav (UK, Irish, slang) Clipping of lavatory.
  • recess (criminal slang, usually, in the plural) The place in a prison where the communal lavatories are located.
  • restroom (US, Philippines, euphemism) A room containing a public toilet: a public lavatory.
  • toilet (UK, AU, HK) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet. [from 19th c.]

can — full definition

  1. verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
  2. verb Used to say something is allowed or permitted.
  3. noun A sealed metal container, especially for food or drink.
  4. verb To preserve food by sealing it in an airtight can or jar.
  5. verb Informally, to dismiss someone from a job, or to scrap a plan.

head — full definition

  1. noun The part of the body containing the brain, eyes, and mouth.
  2. noun A person in charge; a leader.
  3. verb To be in charge of, or to move in a particular direction.
  4. adj Chief or foremost in rank.

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