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lapware

lapware noun: software designed for young children.

Noun

lapware (uncountable)

  1. Software designed for young children.
    • Lapware programmes and websites, geared mostly to the nine- to twenty-four month age group, include such baby-and-toddler-friendly and educational activities as sorting objects, listening to animal sounds, dressing characters, putting together simple puzzles […]2010, Heidi Murkoff, What To Expect The 1st Year, revised edition

Forms of lapware

alternative formlap-ware

Origin of lapware

From lap + -ware, lap in reference to a child sitting upon a caregiver's lap.

Questions about lapware

What does lapware mean?
Lapware means software designed for young children.
What part of speech is lapware?
Lapware is a noun.

Words near lapware in the dictionary

  1. Laputan
  2. Laputans
  3. Lapuyan
  4. Lapwai
  5. lapward
  6. lapware
  7. lapwing
  8. lapwings
  9. lapwise
  10. lapwork
  11. Lapworth

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