The body
Synonyms for limb
The synonym for limb recorded in this bank is appendage, in the sense "an arm or leg of the body". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for limb
- appendagenoun, in the sense "an arm or leg of the body"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and limb carries one sense so far.
an arm or leg of the body
The nurse checked circulation in the injured limb before wrapping it.
The true synonym
appendage
Same sentence, swapped: The nurse checked circulation in the injured appendage before wrapping it.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- organ
- joint
- socket
Where limb turns up in the game
limb is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where limb is the trap
- branchnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is subdivision, in the sense "a division of some larger or more complex organization", and limb is on the board beside it.
Play limb
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so limb reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because the body is the company limb keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. limb carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.