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lap ¹

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NOUN:

1. The front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person.
2. The portion of a garment that covers the lap.
A hanging or flaplike part, especially of a garment.
An area of responsibility, interest, or control: an opportunity that dropped in his lap.

IDIOM:
the lap of luxury

Conditions of great affluence or material comfort: an heiress living in the lap of luxury.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English lappe, lappet, lap, from Old English læppa, lappet

OTHER FORMS:
lapful (Noun)

Thesaurus: synonyms for lap

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