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armrest

armrest

14 1.8
A part of a chair or sofa that supports your arm when you sit
  • noun
  • /ˈɑrmˌrɛst/
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  • 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
42 1.0
wrist pad
3.3
handrest
5.3
armrest
14 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.