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lids

/lɪdz/

lids is the plural of lid.

lids is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lid.

Meaning of lid

Noun

lid (plural lids)

  1. The top or cover of a container.
  2. (slang) A cap or hat.
    • “Yes, sir, if that was the language of love, I'll eat my hat,” said the blood relation, alluding, I took it, to the beastly straw contraption in which she does her gardening, concerning which I can only say that it is almost as foul as Uncle Tom's Sherlock Holmes deerstalker, which has frightened...1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
  3. (slang) One ounce of cannabis.
  4. (Australia, slang) A bodyboard or bodyboarder.
    • Mal rider, shortboard or lid everyone surfs like a kook sometimes.2001, realsurf.com message board
  5. An operculum or other lid-like cover.
  6. (slang) A motorcyclist's crash helmet.

See all 13 meanings of lid

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Questions about lids

What is lids the plural of?
Lids is the plural of lid.
How do you pronounce lids?
Lids is pronounced /lɪdz/.

Words near lids in the dictionary

  1. lidoflazine
  2. lidol
  3. Lidong
  4. lidorestat
  5. lidos
  6. lids
  7. Lidsdale
  8. Lidster
  9. Lidzbark
  10. lie
  11. lie above

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