lap

About 6.70 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Kabba-Laka.
2. noun The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
3. noun An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
4. noun The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.
5. noun A place of rearing and fostering.
6. noun The upper legs of a seated person.

   The boy was sitting on his mother's lap.

7. noun The female pudenda. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
8. noun A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.

Similar words

overlap lap up swosh lick circuit swish circle lap covering clothing belt

Often followed by

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Word family

lapful lapfuls lapped lapping laps