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Word entry · 3 letters

lap

Best crossword clue

"Cat's resting spot"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /læp/Part of speech noun, verbSorted alpStarts with LEnds with P11 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. touching with the tongue

Word origin

From Middle English lappe, from Old English læppa (“skirt or flap of a garment”), from Proto-West Germanic *lappō, from Proto-Germanic *lappô (“cloth; rag”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). Cognate with Dutch lap (“cloth; rag”), German Lappen (“cloth; lobe; flap”), Icelandic leppur (“rag; patch”).

Used in a sentence

  • The boy was sitting on his mother's lap.
  • Her garment spreads, and laps him in the fold.
  • to lap his head on lady's breast

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer11 curated clues

01Cat's resting spot3 letters
02Circuit around a track3 letters
03Circuit in a race3 letters
04One pool circuit3 letters
05Pool length3 letters
06Runner's circuit3 letters
07Runner's loop3 letters
08Seated child's spot3 letters

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