Lap is valid Scrabble Word

Is lap a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
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3 letters word
5 points in Scrabble
7 points in WWF

Definitions for LAP in dictionary:

VERB:

to extend beyond some limit
overtake (a competitor in a race) to become one or more laps ahead
(of a competitor in a race) complete a lap, especially in a specified time
wrap or enfold someone or something in (something soft)
project beyond or overlap something
polish (metal, glass, or a gem) with a lapping machine
(of an animal) take up (liquid) with quick movements of the tongue
accept something eagerly and with obvious pleasure
(of water) wash against (something) with a gentle rippling sound
To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.

To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st Lap, 10.
To be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another; as, the cloth laps back; the boats lap; the edges lap.
To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.
To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue.
To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
pass the tongue over
move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
take up with the tongue
wash or flow against
overtake so as to be one or more circuits ahead

NOUN:

the flat area between the waist and knees of a seated person
the part of an item of clothing, especially a skirt or dress, covering the lap
a hanging flap on a garment or a saddle.
one circuit of a track during a race
a stage in a swim consisting of two lengths of a pool
a part of a journey or other undertaking
an overlapping or projecting part
the amount by which one thing overlaps a part of another
a defect formed in rolling when a projecting part is accidentally folded over and pressed against the surface of the metal.
a single turn of rope, thread, or cable round a drum or reel.
a layer or sheet of cotton or wool, wound on a roller during manufacture.
(in a lapping machine) a rotating disc with a coating of fine abrasive for polishing.
a polishing tool of a special shape, coated or impregnated with an abrasive.
the action or sound of water washing gently against something
part between the waist and knees when sitting
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.
That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.
The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below).
The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.
One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. See Lap, to fold, 2.
In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.
A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis.
To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth.
To wrap or wind around something.
To infold; to hold as in one\'s lap; to cherish.
To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one.
To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working.
The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap.
The sound of lapping.
the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
an area of control or responsibility
the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs
a flap that lies over another part
movement once around a course
touching with the tongue

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to fold over or around something

Words related to LAP

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How to use LAP in a sentence

The blanket reached almost to the ground behind and hung down to his lap in front, and Shere Ali noticed that a leathern begging-bowl at his side was well filled with coins.
Linforth rose and offered Ralston his chair, and as he did so a letter fluttered from his lap to the ground.
Marianne drew herself up with her hands clasped together in her lap and though in this new attitude her face was in complete shadow, Perris felt her eyes burning out at him.
Jennie will give you some milk some day, and she and I will like to see you lap it up with your pretty little tongue.
The youngest daughter was on her knees by her, on the other side, with her head in her lap.
This February has been a strange mixture of spring awkwardly slipping out of the lap of winter and climbing back again.
Ruth, dropping to the earth beside him, had taken his head on her lap before the priest could come up and dismount.
He half leaned forward, his arms limp, his hands resting in his lap, a deep wonder and bewilderment in his eyes.
In the tense quiet came the tranquil lap of the lake, the call of a distant bird, the lazy murmur of many leaves in a morning wind.
Rhoda was sitting still, her hands twisted together on the green serge on her lap.

The strings were few in number, and the instrument was so small that I could have held it easily on my lap.
A huge woman, with a coarse, dreadful face, sat out on deck holding a baby in her lap.
Grandma held the two frightened children in her lap.
When he reached the sycamore tree he found her sitting behind it with a cluster of yellow daisies in her lap.
Theodora was aimlessly turning over the photographs in her lap, while Phebe methodically packed away the contents of her trunk.
A book lay open on her lap but her eyes were upon the sea.
And in the middle of it Abruptly broke it off, letting her hands Fall in her lap.
The Lap one has its divided leaves almost united into one lovely spear-shaped, single leaf.
It was just high enough to allow us children to put our heads into her lap.
She was seated near a window, an opened book in her lap but her gaze was not on its print and it was evident her thoughts were far away.
She thought of the children and of her husband, who needed nourishment, and taking up the little bag she poured its contents into her lap, while her hot tears fell upon the money.

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