lap in English: The flat top of your legs when you sit down; also one full circle of a race track. (noun)

Translation

The flat top of your legs when you sit down; also one full circle of a race track.

Word origin

From Old English laeppa, meaning a fold or loose part of clothing; the sitting sense grew from the fold of clothes across the knees.

Gender

Plurallaps

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Your lap only exists when you sit down.

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Small children sit on a parent's lap.

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In sport, a lap is one full time around the track.

sit

To rest with the lower part of your body on a chair or the ground.

knee

The joint in the middle of your leg, where the leg bends.

leg

One of the two long parts of your body that you use to stand and walk.

cat

A small furry animal with a tail and sharp claws that many people keep at home.

hold

To have something in your hands or arms and keep it there.

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