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lay-up

noun

Meaning

  1. A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.
  2. A relatively easy task.
  3. The state of being laid up.
  4. A track used to store train cars.
  5. A train car sitting in storage (laid up), often overnight.
  6. The process of applying alternate layers of a material and a binding agent to form a composite material.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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