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# lapel

«lapel» in Mova's school dictionary: **the part of a coat or jacket folded back at the front…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (lapels)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A lapel is the part of a coat or jacket folded back at the front, next to the neck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapel/#m1)

2) (old use) A lapel can be a flap that covers the opening of a tent or hut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapel/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in everyday life a lapel is where you pin a badge; in the tales a lapel is the flap over the front of a tent (teepee), which can be lifted to peep through

### examples

- Dad pinned a flower to his lapel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapel/#x1)
- Each lapel of the jacket had a button. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapel/#x2)
- The children peeped through the small holes in the lapels of the teepee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapel/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lapel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.