layup, lay-up
(noun) a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
layup (plural layups)
(basketball) A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.
(colloquial) A relatively easy task.
The state of being laid up.
(rail transport, countable or uncountable) A track used to store train cars.
(rail transport) A train car sitting in storage (laid up), often overnight.
(materials science) The process of applying alternate layers of a material and a binding agent to form a composite material.
• Pauly, uplay
Source: Wiktionary
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
