Dictionary
lap
Meaning
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- 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.
- The upper legs of a seated person.
- The female pudenda.
- A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/læp/
Cognate with Dutch
lap
Cognate with German
Lappen
Cognate with German
Löffel
Cognate with Latin
lambo
Cognate with French
lamper
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