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palmrest

palmrest noun: any surface designed to support the palm of the hand.

Noun

palmrest (plural palmrests)

  1. Any surface designed to support the palm of the hand.
  2. The CPU half of a laptop.

Forms of palmrest

pluralpalmrests

Origin of palmrest

From palm + rest.

Questions about palmrest

What does palmrest mean?
Palmrest means any surface designed to support the palm of the hand.
What part of speech is palmrest?
Palmrest is a noun.
What is the plural of palmrest?
The plural of palmrest is palmrests.

Words near palmrest in the dictionary

  1. palmprint
  2. palmprints
  3. Palmquist
  4. Palmquists
  5. palmreading
  6. palmrest
  7. palmrests
  8. palms
  9. palms off
  10. palms out
  11. Palmses

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