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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appendage |
| Synonyms: | arm, bough, branch, extension, extremity, fin, gam, leg, lobe, member, offshoot, part, pin, pinion, process, projection, spray, sprig, spur, stem, switch, unit, wheel, wing |
| Main Entry: | edge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, outline |
| Synonyms: | bend, berm, bound, boundary, brim, brink, butt, circumference, contour, corner, crook, crust, curb, end, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, hook, ledge, limb, limit, line, lip, margin, molding, mouth, outskirt, peak, perimeter, periphery, point, portal, rim, ring, shore, side, skirt, split, strand, term, threshold, tip, trimming, turn, verge |
| Antonyms: | center, inside, interior, middle, surface |
| Main Entry: | extremity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animate being's appendage |
| Synonyms: | backside, finger, flipper, foot, hand, leg, limb, paw, posterior, toe |
| Main Entry: | leg |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appendage used for support |
| Synonyms: | brace, column, lap, limb, member, part, pile, pole, portion, post, prop, section, segment, shank, stage, stake, stilt, stretch, stump, support, upright |
| Main Entry: | member |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appendage |
| Synonyms: | arm, component, constituent, element, extremity, feature, fragment, leg, limb, organ, part, portion, segment |
| Main Entry: | offshoot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development, product |
| Synonyms: | adjunct, appendage, branch, by-product, derivative, descendant, limb, outgrowth, spin-off, sprout |
| Antonyms: | origin, source |
| Main Entry: | part |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece, portion of something |
| Synonyms: | allotment, any, apportionment, articulation, atom, bit, bite, branch, chip, chunk, component, constituent, cut, department, detail, division, element, extra, factor, fraction, fragment, helping, hunk, ingredient, installment, item, limb, lot, lump, measure, meed, member, module, moiety, molecule, organ, parcel, particle, partition, piece, quantum, quota, ration, scrap, section, sector, segment, share, side, slab, slice, sliver, splinter, subdivision, unit |
| Notes: | a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | twig |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small branch |
| Synonyms: | branch, limb, offshoot, scion, shoot, spray, sprig, switch |
| Main Entry: | tentacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appendage |
| Synonyms: | arm, feeler, limb |
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