Lid

Quick meaning: Lid is a noun meaning The top or cover of a container.

Meaning

The top or cover of a container.

More Meanings

1. (surfing, slang, chiefly Australia) A bodyboard or bodyboarder.
2. (biology) An operculum or other lid-like cover.
3. Clipping of eyelid.
4. (slang) A cap or hat.
5. (slang) One ounce of cannabis.
6. (slang) A motorcyclist's crash helmet.
7. (slang) In amateur radio, an incompetent operator.

Example Sentences

the rest of us managed to dodge out of control lid riders

Mal rider, shortboard or lid everyone surfs like a kook sometimes.

Basically he says that there is a lid on my organization and on my future, and that lid is me. I am the problem with my company and you are the problem with your company.

But he suddenly started up, and, closing his eyes, placed his fingers upon the lids, as though he sought to imprison within his brain some curious dream from which he feared he might awake.

Word Forms

• lids
• lidding
• lidded

Synonyms for lid

Depending on context, synonyms include chapeau, hat, eyelid.

Antonyms for lid

Common opposites include unlid.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chapeau, hat, eyelid, cover, topper, covers.

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