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Word entry · 3 letters

lip

Best crossword clue

"Edge of the mouth"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /lɪp/Part of speech nounSorted ilpStarts with LEnds with P5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell

Word origin

From Middle English lippe, from Old English lippa, lippe (“lip”), from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō (“lip”), from Proto-Germanic *lepô, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely, droop, sag”).

Used in a sentence

  • […]thine owne lippes teſtifie againſt thee.
  • […]I twiſted my thighs, ſqueezed, and compreſs’d the lips of that virgin-ſlit[…]
    Fanny Hill
  • The cork sails over the garden wall and lands somewhere no one can see it. A crest of white spills over the lip of the bottle and Niall pours the wine into Elaine's glass.

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Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01Edge of the mouth3 letters
02Cup's rim, perhaps3 letters
03Edge of a cup3 letters
04Mouth edge3 letters
05Impudence3 letters

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