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lap

 
 
/læp/ noun [C]

Translation

BODY Your lap is the top part of your legs when you are sitting down.
kucak
Sit on my lap and I'll read you a story.554
RACE one journey around a circular race track
tur
He's two laps behind the leaders.4102672273
(Definition of lap noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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