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Rarelaps
The correct spelling is laps.
How to pronounce laps
noun
IPA: /læps/
Say it like: Lap-s
The correct spelling is laps. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. For example: "The boy was sitting on his mother's lap."
Usage Examples
“The boy was sitting on his mother's lap.”
“the lap of a board”
“The second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.”
Meanings
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
- 5.The upper legs of a seated person.
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.
- 3.To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
- 4.To wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
- 5.To envelop, enfold
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