Definitions for lapel

lapel la·pel

Spelling: [luh-pel]
IPA: /ləˈpɛl/

Lapel is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in lapel (aellp).

Definitions for lapel

noun

  1. either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.

Origin of lapel

1780-90; irregular diminutive of lap1; see -le

Examples for lapel

He stopped short, and seizing the lapel of my coat, gave it a slight tug.

She seized Mr. Pepper by the lapel of his Sunday coat and shook him.

He came up to Weiss and grasped him violently by the lapel of his coat.

The man who had waked him grasped him by the lapel of his coat.

As a 9/11 witness, I love and appreciate the impulse behind the American-flag lapel pin, especially in the wake of the attacks.

A campaign button on his lapel showed him in a smile and a suit, and advertised his name and lever.

Shooting The Comancheros in 1961, Wayne spotted a JFK button on the lapel of the future screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz.

At various times, we had spoken about honors--Hitchcock had been awarded the Légion d'Honneur and wore a ribbon in his lapel.

She released his lapel and relapsed, all tears, upon her chair.

He wore the official political uniform: a dark suit, a lapis blue tie and a white shirt—and, of course, a flag-pin on his lapel.

Word Value for lapel
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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