lilo

L1I1L1O1
/ˈlaɪləʊ/

noun

An inflatable air mattress.

Less commonScrabble 4

Meanings

lilo1

nounlilo (plural lilos)

plural lilos · alternative li-lo

  1. South AfricaUKAn inflatable air mattress.

LILO2

adjectiveLILO (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecomputinglast in last out (see FIFO)
  2. abbreviationacronymnot comparableroadAcronym of left in, left out, a type of three-way road intersection.

LiLo3

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Li-Lo (“Lindsay Lohan”).

    LiLo started acting when she was just three years old, and by the late 1990s she'd starred in a slew of Disney films, including The Parent Trap and Freaky Friday.

    2012 February 14, Hallie Fryd, Scandalous!: 50 Shocking Events You Should Know About, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 173
    1 more example

    I mean, who cares if LiLo (Lindsay Lohan) has been caught doped (again!) or how low Delta Goodrem's neckline plunges each year in her appearance as judge on The Voice show? […]

    2016 January 5, Madhumita Thakur, The Other World: Tales from Southern Hemisphere, PartridgePublishing, →ISBN

Lilo4

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Li-Lo (“Lindsay Lohan”).

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

From the name of the company which made rubberised canvas air-mattresses from the 1940s to the 1970s under the trademark name "Li-Lo" (a sensational spelling of lie low).

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 充氣墊 /充气垫, 充氣床 /充气床
  • 充氣墊 /充气垫 (chōngqìdiàn)inflatable air mattress
  • 充氣床 /充气床 (chōngqìchuáng)inflatable air mattress
Czech nafukovací matrace
  • nafukovací matraceinflatable air mattress
Danish luftmadras
  • luftmadrasinflatable air mattress
Dutch luchtbed, luchtmatras
  • luchtbedinflatable air mattress
  • luchtmatrasinflatable air mattress
Finnish ilmapatja
  • ilmapatjainflatable air mattress
French matelas pneumatique, matelas gonflable
  • matelas pneumatiqueinflatable air mattress
  • matelas gonflableinflatable air mattress
German Luftmatratze
  • Luftmatratzeinflatable air mattress
Icelandic vindsæng
  • vindsænginflatable air mattress
Polish materac dmuchany
  • materac dmuchanyinflatable air mattress
Swedish luftmadrass
  • luftmadrassinflatable air mattress

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with lilo

All rhymes →

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

lilo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lilo

MLA

“lilo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lilo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lilo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lilo.

Source: lilo on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.