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leg

noun

a section or portion of a journey or course

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Word Facts

Word length
3
Starts with
L
Ends with
G
Contains
E
Scrabble score
4
CEFR level
A1

How it sounds

Pronunciation

lɛɡ

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noun

  1. a section or portion of a journey or course

    “then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise”

noun

  1. (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack

noun

  1. a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg

noun

  1. one of the supports for a piece of furniture

noun

  1. a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

noun

  1. a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle

noun

  1. a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion

noun

  1. the limb of an animal used for food

noun

  1. a part of a forked or branching shape

    “he broke off one of the branches”

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Example Sentences

then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise
he broke off one of the branches

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