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lap
What does lap mean?
lap (noun): the part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use lap in a sentence?
- The boy was sitting on his mother's lap. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce lap?
/læp/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does lap come from?
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”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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the part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered
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