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armrest

armrest

12 1.8
A part of a chair or sofa that supports your arm when you sit
  • noun
  • /ˈɑrmˌrɛst/
: reposabrazos
  • During the flight, I placed my drink on the armrest between my seat and the one next to me.
  • chair with armrests
  • armrests of the seats

But you put your arm on the armrest first base.

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Examples

  • I rested my arm on the armrest while watching the movie.

  • The comfortable chair has a soft armrest that makes it easy to relax.

  • In the old LS, if you drop the center armrest, it's an armrest.

  • Did you both put your arms on the armrest together?

  • Which side of an armrest is really yours at a movie theater?

  • Lights can be activated by the button on your armrest.

  • And in case you're wondering, this is an armrest and looks like this on an actual train.

  • A little while ago, I put my drink on the armrest, and there wasn't even a ripple.

  • My favorite thing about this whole Schlaaang Super Seat is the automatic popcorn machine in the armrest.

  • Claudia curls up on the seat, her head against the armrest, her stocking feet in my lap.

    Fiction book (1994)

How Comfortable

armchair
31 1.0
wrist pad
1 3.3
handrest
5.3
armrest
12 1.8

Surface Forms

armrest singular
armrests plural

Morphology

armrest = arm + rest (transparent) = arm + rest

The meaning is directly the combination of 'arm' + 'rest' — a support for the arm, which a B1 learner can infer from the parts.

Etymology

The word armrest comes from the English words arm and rest, meaning a place for your arm to 'rest' or be supported when you sit, so an armrest is the part of a chair, seat, or sofa that holds your arm.