arm
Because it is a word with a single syllable, arm is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofarm
- The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
Example: "She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”"
- The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
Example: "The arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body."
- A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
Example: "the arms of an octopus"
- A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
Example: "The robot arm reached out and placed the part on the assembly line."
- A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
Example: "Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain."
- A branch of an organization.
Example: "the cavalry arm of the military service"
- Power; might; strength; support.
Example: "the arm of the law"
- A pitcher
Example: "The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason."
- One of the two parts of a chromosome.
- A group of patients in a medical trial.
- To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
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