arm
noun
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
armlike
-
a word derived from
arm.
Example Sentences
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These armlike extensions are the show’s most playful embodiment of “stretch.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2019
Ophie slowed, letting go of her mama’s hand only long enough to feel for the armlike branch that marked the entrance to the burrow.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
It caught her and fell flat, flinging out its armlike corners, and she saw it was Maurice.
From The Happy Warrior by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
Holding it by the handler's magnetic crane, he fixed it firmly in the armlike jaws on the front of the machine, then moved the machine into a position straddling the sphere of force.
From Empire by Clifford D. Simak
The armlike pectoral fins are used for holding on to stones or seaweed.
From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris
