limb

Other forms of limb

plural

limbs·

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 limb

What does limb mean?

limb means "one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in limb?

limb has 1 syllable: limb. In IPA it is /ˈlɪm/.

What is another word for limb?

Close synonyms include tree branch, arm, branch. 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 limb a common word?

limb is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with limb?

3 words rhyme with limb. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.