Word of the Day: Lid
The lid of something is the removable top that keeps liquids or solids from spilling out of a container. Lids keep food fresh, and they help maintain temperatures.
- A lid keeps trash contained within a trash can.
- A lid for food keeps the food warm or the lid keeps food fresh.
- The lid on a cup of coffee keeps hot coffee from spilling onto your hands.
- By putting a lid on a pot while cooking, the food heats up faster and doesn’t lose as much heat.
- Beer steins have lids. They keep flies and other things away from the beer that’s inside the stein.
There are some popular expressions that include the word “lid.”
- A person who flips his lid, gets very mad.
- To keep a lid on information is to keep it secret.
- If you take the lid off of an investigation, the information is revealed.
Essential English Dictionary
Visit the Popular English Words Beginning with L page to see the list of all words starting with letter L. For seeing the HiCafe dictionary, visit the Popular English Words with Meaning page.
