Defenition of the word limb
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Defenition of the word limb
- An arm or leg.
- one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
- any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
- the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant"
- either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the upper limb of the bow"
- (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
- any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles
- either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip
Synonyms for the word limb
Meronymys for the word limb
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- appendicular skeleton
- bow
- extremity
- octant
- sextant
- tree
Hyponyms for the word limb
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- arm
- bough
- crus
- cubitus
- flipper
- forearm
- forelimb
- hind limb
- hindlimb
- leg
- stick
- thigh
Hypernyms for the word limb
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- appendage
- arc
- border
- branch
- edge
- extremity
- member
- part
- portion
- projection
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