lid

lid is a 3-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.
2. noun. The cover of the eye; an eyelid.
3. noun. The cover of the spore cases of mosses.
4. noun. A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti.
5. noun. The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts.
6. noun. headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

   Synonyms: chapeau, hat

7. noun. a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.

   "he raised the piano lid"

8. noun. either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye

   "his lids would stay open no longer"

   Synonyms: eyelid, palpebra

Synonyms

chapeau, hat, eyelid, palpebra

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lid:

dil

Common word forms

lids, lidded, lidder, lidding, lidless

Words from these letters

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