lily pad

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noun

the large, floating leaf of a water lily.

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Origin of lily pad

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Words nearby lily pad

lily family, lily iron, lily-livered, lily-of-the-Nile, lily of the valley, lily pad, lily-trotter, lilyturf, lily-white, lim., Lima

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How to use lily pad in a sentence

It included Zuckerberg doing his favorite water sport, hydrofoiling, with friends in a virtual environment, and then jumping into work meetings from a virtual home office, boxing with virtual avatars and working out on a virtual lily pad.
Facebook is changing its name to Meta as it focuses on the virtual world|Elizabeth Dwoskin|October 28, 2021|Washington Post
Lily Allen explained away the poor sales and ho-hum critical reception to Sheezus by…basically blaming other people.
The Biggest Bombs of 2014: ‘Sex Tape,’ Mariah Carey’s Vocals, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and More|Kevin Fallon|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, they saw music videos as a launch pad for a whole new artistic movement: virality.
OK Go Is Helping Redefine the Music Video For the Internet Age|Lauren Schwartzberg|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One person who tuned into my story was Matt Creed, the director of Lily.
Blogger Shares and Shames Cancer in ‘Lily’|Amy Grantham|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Tiger Lily and her tribe, however, were outfitted in semi-realistic outfits (read: nearly naked).
‘Peter Pan Live!’ Review: No Amount of Clapping Brings It to Life|Kevin Fallon|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He described in painful detail the composition of the bars and the heavy shackles on the pad locks.
I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile Fleurette had her nourishing food, and grew more like the ghost of a lily every day.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
She was fair as a lily, with bright golden hair, and bore no resemblance to this dark-eyed, black-browed wench.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
Her mother, wearing an ink-stained jacket, was busy at her desk, the pen scratching on the big sheets of pad paper.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
Bobby said it should have been written on yellow paper with an asbestos pad under it to save scorching Miss Pendletons desk.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison

British Dictionary definitions for lily pad

lily pad

noun

any of the floating leaves of a water lily

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