Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The part of a garment, such as a coat or jacket, that is an extension of the collar and folds back against the breast.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A part of a garment which laps over another part, or which is turned over and folded back, either permanent or adjustable, as for buttoning and unbuttoning.
Wiktionary
- n. Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a suit which are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. That part of a garment which is turned back; specifically, the lap, or fold, of the front of a coat in continuation of collar.
WordNet 3.0
- n. lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar
Etymologies
- From lap1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“United Nations stamp pin lapel pins hat tie tac 1419”
“It must be so difficult for Obama to wear that pin lapel when he HATES America SO MUCH!!!!”
“The lapel is empty, the church pew is empty, he's against Israel – how many more hints PEOPLE?!”
“Shined black shoes, a silk pocket square, novelty cufflinks and perhaps a gardenia for your lapel are your finishing touches.”
“It is distracting to say in a Democratic primary when you are trying to cozy up to Moveon. org that an American flag on your lapel is a quote 'substitute' for true patriotism," Rove said.”
“Pinned to the lapel was a gold name tag on which her real name was engraved: "Susan".”
“He wears his American flag button on his left lapel, which is a secret signal to Osama bin Laden, telling him that he can continue not to worry about George Bush actually pursuing him.”
“In that same period, the recalled lapel pins were distributed as promotions to employees at electronics and game stores around the country.”
Consumer Reports: Nintendo recalls 71,000 character pins that violate lead standard
“On his lapel was a plastic ID with an unsmiling photo and the single word cale.”
“In fact, he's wearing a little red button on his lapel, which is what?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lapel’.
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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Words sung by: Belle and Sebastian
beguiling, herbaceous, peninsula, suffragette, damascan, hastening, berserk, overtime, leccy, bestow, swathe, arab strap and 193 more...
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Words For Novel (Part 3)
fibers, gypsy, polymer, schism, syphilitic garden..., holocaust, scrutinant, contemplate, aftermath, consequence, deadlock, impasse and 153 more...
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February 2012
filiopietistic, bifurcate, enclave, wedlock, decadent, unduly, defunct, lapel, tumescent, capitulation, leaden, scintilla and 83 more...
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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wreckingball's Words
reprehensible, problematize, crepuscular, deleterious, pestilent, strumpet, draggletail, interrobang, meretricious, systematize, schadenfreude, capricious and 443 more...
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Some Words I Love to Use
arcology, strumpet, crux, confected, pedant, bluestocking, cogitation, incensed, lovecraftian, cygnet, dactyl, adytum and 539 more...
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Favorite Words
i love words.
ricochet, clavicle, etymology, equivocate, decoupage, dillydally, effervescent, flimflam, haberdashery, hullabaloo, debacle, juxtapose and 210 more...
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Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
discovered while reading this book.
tendril, spiraea, political asylum, bristly, sordid, reel, garish, dulcitude, gait, charlatan, lapel, august and 96 more...
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merfee's Words
supple, dichotomy, relish, rhapsody, pneumonoultramicr..., embrace, ishmael, ebullient, recalcitrant, elegy, char, lugubrious and 522 more...
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sartorial splendor
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
-Mark Twainapplique, ascot, brogue, dressing gown, frippery, gusset, grommet, placket, silhouette, whipstitch, appliqué, baste and 59 more...
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Dressed To Kill
Words ranging from smartly sartorial to embarrassingly ornate.
bedizen, frippet, haberdashery, peacock, spatterdashes, monocle, popinjay, coxcomb, dandiprat, carpet knight, ascot, pulchritudinous and 43 more...
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Words I don't like
shiver, crusty, runny, tender, lapel, quasi, wordie, perambulator, testify, consultancy, stimulating, veggie and 7 more...
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The Satanic Verses
A list containing unknown words from the novel!
ell, usurer, shrewd, tortuous, brazier, burnished, myrrh, gait, lilt, spurt, navel, wane and 69 more...
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Vanity Fair
prefect, acolyte, defection, depredation, pallid, rife, diametric, muckraker, fealty, lapel, vitriolic, fallow and 16 more...
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Prolagus
(Mr. Richard, by Belle and Sebastian) Nov 8, 2010