NOUN
  • Definition - A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.
  • Definition - A relatively easy task.
  • Example - Meeting the numbers will be a layup, if not a slam dunk.
  • Definition - The state of being laid up.
  • Example - The ship endured an interminable layup in the harbor lasting nearly a month.
  • Definition - A track used to store train cars.
  • Example - The caboose, long decrepit, rested on a forgotten layup just north of the dry riverbed.
  • Definition - A train car sitting in storage (laid up), often overnight.
  • Example - Though I knew we shouldn't be there, she pulled me out of the tunnel and into the dark layup, its floors still grubby from the morning commute many hours ago.
  • Definition - The process of applying alternate layers of a material and a binding agent to form a composite material.
  • Example - Forgetting to clear the sawdust around his workshop, Payton ended up contaminating the resin-ply matrix with wood particles during his hand layup.
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
layup 10
4 Letter Words
paly 9 play 9 yaup 9 pula 6
3 Letter Words
pay 8 ply 8 pya 8 yap 8 yup 8 lay 6 alp 5 lap 5 pal 5 pul 5
2 Letter Words
ay 5 ya 5 pa 4 up 4 al 2 la 2
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