LIMB

/lɪm/ ► audio Scrabble 8 Words With Friends 11

Definition

  1. noun one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm.
  2. noun any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree. — synonyms: tree_branch
  3. noun (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet.
  4. noun either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip.
  5. noun the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles.
  6. noun any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm. — synonyms: arm, branch

Examples

  • “They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs.”
  • “solar limb”

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