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elbowless

elbowless adjective: without elbows.

Adjective

elbowless (not comparable)

  1. Without elbows.
    • Her arms hung down from the wide tips of her shoulders, straight and elbowless when she walked. She never moved her arms when she walked.1952, Theodore Sturgeon, Baby is three
    • His arms were not the elbowless sausages with baby-fists that seem obligatory among sumo wrestlers.1992, David Benjamin, Joy of Sumo

Origin of elbowless

From elbow + -less.

Questions about elbowless

What does elbowless mean?
Elbowless means without elbows.
What part of speech is elbowless?
Elbowless is an adjective.

Words near elbowless in the dictionary

  1. elbowers
  2. elbowful
  3. Elbowgate
  4. elbowing
  5. elbowings
  6. elbowless
  7. elbowlike
  8. elbowroom
  9. elbows
  10. elbows up
  11. elbowy

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