Armrest

//ˈɑɹmˌɹɛst// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Part of the seat of a chair that is designed to support the arm.

    "Each comes in a carrying case that keeps the devices together with their accessories: the miniplug cable for your music or DVD player, for example, and the adapters for quarter-inch phono jacks and dual-pronged airplane armrest jacks."

  2. 2
    a support for the arm wordnet

Example

More examples

"Yasunori leaned into the armrest and looked in bemusement at the breakfast laid before him."

Etymology

From arm + rest.

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