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lid

n. countable
A2 Elementary US //ˈɫɪd// UK //lˈɪd// lid Slang

n. a removable cover for a container that keeps things inside or protects them. You usually pull or twist it off to open the jar or box.

n. a removable or hinged cover for the top of a container, serving to close or seal it.


SIMPLE

Please put the lid back on the jar of jam.

CONTEXTUAL

The chef lifted the lid of the pot to check if the soup was boiling.

COMPLEX

Archaeologists carefully removed the heavy stone lid of the sarcophagus to reveal the artifacts preserved within the ancient tomb.

Synonyms
Origin

Inherited from Middle English lid, lyd, from Old English hlid, from Proto-West Germanic hlid, from Proto-Germanic hlidą (compare Dutch lid, German Lid (“eyelid”), Swedish lid (“gate”)), from Proto-Indo-European ḱlitós (“covered”), from Proto-Indo-European ḱley- (“to cover”).

Usage

Often used with the prepositions 'on' or 'off'.

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