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How to pronounce limb in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms arm, branch
Type of projection
Type Words
Synonyms tree branch
Type of branch
Has types bough, stick
Type Words
Type of border, edge
Type Words
Type of part, portion


the upper limb of the bow.
Type Words
Type of appendage, extremity, member
Has types forearm, forelimb, hind limb, hindlimb, leg, cubitus, crus, arm, thigh, flipper
Type Words
Type of arc


the limb of the sextant.

Examples of limb

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I'll go way out on a limb and say that I think Facebook is cheap at $50 billion.
From the online.wsj.com
A Great Egret stands on the limb of a cypress tree on Caddo Lake near Uncertain.
From the chron.com
Months later, Idaho State went out on a limb by offering the bigger opportunity.
From the thenewstribune.com
After his release in a POW exchange, he designed his own hinged prosthetic limb.
From the post-gazette.com
She has always been out on a long limb, which events have now conspired to snap.
From the washingtonpost.com
This isn't exactly going out on a limb, but put me down for Toronto in the pool.
From the denverpost.com
Then go back and finish the proper pruning cut closer to the collar of the limb.
From the toledoblade.com
These include the treatment of phantom limb pain that I've previously described.
From the consults.blogs.nytimes.com
Following arm amputation, individuals often perceive pain in their missing limb.
From the nature.com
More examples
  • One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
  • Any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
  • (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
  • Either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the upper limb of the bow"
  • The graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant"
  • Arm: any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
  • Limb: Minimal Compositions, Instrumentals and Experiments 1980-1983 is a compilation album of early musical pieces written by J. G. Thirlwell for his band Foetus. It was released on May 15, 2009 by Thirlwell's Ectopic Ents label.
  • A limb (from the Old English lim) is a jointed, or prehensile (as octopus tentacles or new world monkey tails), appendage of the human or other animal body.
  • Limbing (also known as "chasing") in logging is the process of removing branches from the stem of a felled tree. Options for cutting off the branches include chain saws, harvesters, stroke delimbers and others. ...