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portaloo en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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:

Forms

Synonyms

bathroom