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How to pronounce “lap”
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Pronunciation guide for lap
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of lap with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Ben Katchor's comics of bygone New York 13 minutes, 14 seconds
And the next story is called, "On the Human Lap."
- Definition summary
- The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
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How to pronounce lap
Ben Katchor's comics of bygone New York 13 minutes, 14 seconds
And the next story is called, "On the Human Lap."
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “lap”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- 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.
- (figuratively) A place of rearing and fostering.
- The upper legs of a seated person.
- (archaic, euphemistic) The female pudenda. [17th century]
- (engineering) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
- (transitive) To rest or recline in someone's lap, or as in a lap.
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