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righthand

righthand is the alternative form of right-hand.

Meaning of right-hand

Adjective

right-hand (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, or located on the right.
    • The train runs slowly with frequent slacks for bridge and culvert repairs. At one point occurs the changeover from left- to right-hand running.1949 September and October, “The "Nord Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 336
  2. Using or designed for use by the right hand.
    • a right-hand bowler in the game of cricket
  3. In the direction or orientation to the right-hand rule (a right-hand thread).

Questions about righthand

What is righthand the alternative form of?
Righthand is the alternative form of right-hand.

Words near righthand in the dictionary

  1. righteye flounder
  2. righteye flounders
  3. rightful
  4. rightfully
  5. rightfulness
  6. righthand
  7. righthanded
  8. righthandedly
  9. righthandedness
  10. righthander
  11. righthanders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: righthand (page history and authors); right-hand (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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