Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lapful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lap-ful
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

As much as somebody's lap can hold.

Example Sentences

"The revelry from the tent grew at last so boisterous, the wailings and cries of help from the tower so terrible, that, unable to bear the heartrending emotion any longer, Queen Elizabeth stole forth alone, amid the darkness, to carry beneath the rich dalmatique she wore, a whole lapful of the millet loaves, crisp, russet and fresh baked, which had been just brought from the oven for the table of the King, and threw them to the famishing inmates of the tower."

Etymology

From lap + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lap

Inflected Forms

lapfuls (plural) lapsful (plural)

Questions

What does lapful mean?: As much as somebody's lap can hold.
Where does lapful come from?: From lap + -ful.

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