Crutch

/kɹʌt͡ʃ/

Synonyms for "crutch" (118 found)

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Related word relations

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axillary crutchbiased inferencebraceemotional crutchforearm crutchimproper justificationintellectual crutchstabilize

Collocations

12 entries
act as a crutchaluminum crutchaxillary crutchbecome a crutchcrutch the legcrutch useforearm crutchmedical crutchprovide a crutch forrely on a crutchserve as a crutchwooden crutch

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Often she was very sad and lonely, and it happened that one day while she was seated at the window, letting salt tears drop on her work, an old woman, a kind, homely-looking old body, stepped up to the window, and, leaning upon her crutch, addressed the Queen in friendly, flattering tones.

Source: tatoeba (3881921)

She had no idea that the kind-looking old woman leaning on her crutch was in reality a wicked witch, who envied the Queen her good fortune, and was determined to ruin her.

Source: tatoeba (3881927)

You're using that dictionary as a crutch. You don't really need it.

Source: tatoeba (5168932)

This is a crutch.

Source: tatoeba (7971326)

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