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laplike

laplike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a lap.

Adjective

laplike (comparative more laplike, superlative most laplike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a lap.
    • Long may each zone its wealth profusely pour / Upon her laplike, peace-protected shore!1861, Alfred Austin, Thomas George Cooper, The Season: A Satire

Forms of laplike

comparativemore laplike
superlativemost laplike

Origin of laplike

From lap + -like.

Questions about laplike

What does laplike mean?
Laplike means resembling or characteristic of a lap.
What part of speech is laplike?
Laplike is an adjective.

Words near laplike in the dictionary

  1. lapless
  2. laplet
  3. laplets
  4. Lapley
  5. Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston
  6. laplike
  7. lapling
  8. laplings
  9. lapmark
  10. lapmarks
  11. Lapoint

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