appendage

1. 1.

   an external body part that projects from the body

   “it is important to keep the extremities warm”

   Synonymsextremitymember

   Broaderexternal body part

   Narrowercheliceramouthpartfangclawparapodiumfinswimmeretlimbdigit
2. 2.

   a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

   “a bony process”

   Synonymsprocessoutgrowth

   Broaderbody part

   Narrowerhorncrestpseudopodflagellumhaircirrusspineaculeastylevillus
3. 3.

   a part that is joined to something larger

   Broaderpart

   Narrowerappendiclehandholdhandletailpiece

Other forms of appendage

plural

appendages·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about appendage

What does appendage mean?

appendage means "an external body part that projects from the body". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in appendage?

appendage has 3 syllables: ap-pen-dage. The stress falls on "pen". In IPA it is /əˈpɛndɪdʒ/.

What is another word for appendage?

Close synonyms include extremity, member, process, outgrowth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is appendage a common word?

appendage is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.