lax
IPA: ɫˈæks
noun
- (now chiefly UK dialectal, Scotland) A salmon.
- (slang) Lacrosse.
- Los Angeles International Airport
- A surname.
adjective
- Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
- Loose; not tight or taut.
- Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.
- (mathematics) Describing an associative monoidal functor.
- (archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
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Examples of "lax" in Sentences
- The plant is used as a laxative.
- The dried ripe fruit is a mild laxative.
- The French are the most lax in this case.
- Cantaloupes in general are a useful laxative.
- The enforcement of the laws however is very lax.
- The word lax means careless, casual and easygoing.
- The requirements for the subpages would be pretty lax.
- It has been suggested that it is the laxative component in prunes.
- It is possible for a substance to be both a laxative and a cathartic.
- A baby not nursed by the mother was deprived of the laxative colostrum.