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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side. plural-normally
2. 2
   a liplike structure that bounds a bodily orifice (especially any of the four labiate folds of a woman's vulva) wordnet
3. 3
   The lip of a labiate corolla.
4. 4
   A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line.
5. 5
   A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line.; A liplike part of various invertebrates.

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6. 6
   The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.

Synonyms

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lipbankboardborderbrimbrink

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin labium (“a lip”). Doublet of lip.

Related phrases

labium inferius orislabium superius orisflue pipe

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