Flap
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Flap
noun
- A projecting or hanging piece usually attached to something on one side and often intended to protect or cover.
"the flap of an envelope."
- Either of the folded ends of a book jacket that fit inside the front and back covers.
- A variable control surface on the trailing edge of an aircraft wing, used primarily to increase lift or drag.
- A piece of tissue that has been partially detached and used in surgical grafting to fill an adjacent defect or cover the cut end of a bone after amputation.