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armpit
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun armpit has 1 sense
- armpit(n = noun.body) axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa - the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder; "they were up to their armpits in water" is a kind of bodily cavity, cavity, cavum
has parts: arteria axillaris, axillary artery
is a part of shoulder
CIDE DICTIONARY
armpit, n. [Arm + pit.].
The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
armpit, n.
1 the hollow under the arm at the shoulder.
2 US colloq. a place or part considered disgusting or contemptible (the armpit of the world).
1 the hollow under the arm at the shoulder.
2 US colloq. a place or part considered disgusting or contemptible (the armpit of the world).
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