lap
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
Noun 4 meanings
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.
A place of rearing and fostering.
Verb 4 meanings
To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
To rest or recline in someone's lap, or as in a lap.
To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
“to lap a piece of cloth”
to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
“to lap a bandage around a finger”
Etymology
From Middle English lappe, from Old English læppa (“skirt or flap of a garment”), from Proto-West Germanic *lappō, from Proto-Germanic *lappô (“cloth; rag”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”).
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LAP at a glance
LAP has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (L 1 + A 1 + P 3) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,243 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with lap
All rhymes- SLAP6
- OVERLAP12
- CLAP8
- FLAP9
- BURLAP10
- THUNDERCLAP19
- DEWLAP12
- HANDCLAP16
- SHIPLAP14
- MUDFLAP15
- ALAP6
- KLAP10
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