lily pad

noun

1. the large, floating leaf of a water lily.

lily pad

noun

1. any of the floating leaves of a water lily

Word History and Origins

Origin of lily pad¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Post

There is Britney Spears in a neon-pink ball gown on a lily pad cooing for the camera.

From The Daily Beast

The fact is, your head is exactly the color of the lily-pad, and no one could distinguish it a few feet away.

From Project Gutenberg

The humming stopped and the Saucer floated in the moonlight like a giant metallic lily-pad, perhaps a half mile away.

From Project Gutenberg

She made no move to arise, but kept prodding a lily pad in the water beside her with one taper finger.

From Project Gutenberg

But when Mr. Cricket Frog came down again he landed squarely upon another lily-pad.

From Project Gutenberg

A nibble of grass, and she waded far out from shore to sip there; then back, with a nod to a lily pad, and a sip nearer the brook.

From Project Gutenberg