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The unsung hero standing between your coffee and your dignity.
means A removable cover that fits over the opening of a container, pot, jar, or box to seal or protect its contents.
from An old Germanic word, surviving in Old English as 'hlid,' meaning a cover or door — a cousin of Dutch 'lid' and German 'Lid' (now 'eyelid'). At its root sits the idea of leaning or laying something over an opening, the same sense that gives us a 'lid' for a pot and an eye-'lid' for the eye: both are coverings that fold shut over what lies beneath.
- slang
- Old crook-speak for a hat or an ounce of weed
- eye lid
- Blinks roughly 15,000 times a day
- perfect seal
- Mason jar lids spawned an empire of preservation
- keep a lid
- The phrase means smothering trouble before it boils
tupperware — plastic food storage containers with fitted lids, founded 1946, became iconic american product
mason jar lid — two-piece canning lid system (flat + band) patented 1858, still standard for home food preservation
instant pot lid — pressure cooker lid with sealing ring and valve mechanism, became essential kitchen item post-2010