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Lap
/læp/
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
📖 Definitions of "Lap"
noun
- 1
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
- 2
An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
- 3
The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered
- 4
A place of rearing and fostering
verb
- 1
To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
- 2
To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
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