armrest

noun
/ˈɑɹmˌɹɛst/US

Etymology

From arm + rest.

  1. derived from *ros-
  2. inherited from *rastō
  3. inherited from *rastu
  4. inherited from ræst
  5. inherited from rest
  6. compounded as armrest — “arm + rest

Definitions

  1. Part of the seat of a chair that is designed to support the arm.

    • Each comes in a carrying case that keeps the devices together with their accessories: the miniplug cable for your music or DVD player, for example, and the adapters for quarter-inch phono jacks and dual-pronged airplane armrest jacks.

The neighborhood

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