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longarm

longarm noun: a free-motion sewing machine with an extended arm and frame for holding large quilts.

Noun

longarm (plural longarms)

  1. A free-motion sewing machine with an extended arm and frame for holding large quilts.
  2. A long gun.

Verb

longarm (third-person singular simple present longarms, present participle longarming, simple past and past participle longarmed)

  1. (intransitive, transitive, uncommon) To use a longarm machine in quilting.

Proper noun capitalized: Longarm

Longarm

  1. A locality in the Tamworth council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of longarm

Noun
plurallongarms
Verb
third-person singular presentlongarms
present participlelongarming
past participlelongarmed
pastlongarmed

Origin of longarm

From long + arm.

Questions about longarm

What does longarm mean?
Longarm means a free-motion sewing machine with an extended arm and frame for holding large quilts.
What part of speech is longarm?
Longarm can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
What is the plural of longarm?
The plural of longarm is longarms.

Words near longarm in the dictionary

  1. longaniza
  2. longanizas
  3. Longannet
  4. longans
  5. Longaretti
  6. longarm
  7. longarmed
  8. longarming
  9. longarms
  10. longas
  11. longball

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