layups
Because it is a word with a single syllable, layups is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions oflayups
- A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.
- A relatively easy task.
Example: "Meeting the numbers will be a layup, if not a slam dunk."
- The state of being laid up.
Example: "The ship endured an interminable layup in the harbor lasting nearly a month."
- A track used to store train cars.
Example: "The caboose, long decrepit, rested on a forgotten layup just north of the dry riverbed."
- A train car sitting in storage (laid up), often overnight.
Example: "Though I knew we shouldn't be there, she pulled me out of the tunnel and into the dark layup, its floors still grubby from the morning commute many hours ago."
- The process of applying alternate layers of a material and a binding agent to form a composite material.
Example: "Forgetting to clear the sawdust around his workshop, Payton ended up contaminating the resin-ply matrix with wood particles during his hand layup."
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