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lapful

lapful noun: as much as somebody's lap can hold.

Noun

lapful (plural lapfuls or lapsful)

  1. As much as somebody's lap can hold.
    • The revelry from the tent grew at last so boisterous, the wailings and cries of help from the tower so terrible, that, unable to bear the heartrending emotion any longer, Queen Elizabeth stole forth alone, amid the darkness, to carry beneath the rich dalmatique she wore, a whole lapful of the...1888 November 24, “Holy November. The Month of Miracles.”, in Charles Dickens [Jr.], editor, All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal., volume XLIII, number 1043, London: […], page 488

Forms of lapful

plurallapfuls
plurallapsful

Origin of lapful

From lap + -ful.

Questions about lapful

What does lapful mean?
Lapful means as much as somebody's lap can hold.
What part of speech is lapful?
Lapful is a noun.
What is the plural of lapful?
The plural of lapful is lapfuls.

Words near lapful in the dictionary

  1. LaPerm
  2. LaPerms
  3. Lapero
  4. Lapes
  5. Lapford
  6. lapful
  7. lapfuls
  8. Lapham
  9. laphamite
  10. Laphams
  11. lapheld

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