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Rarecrutch
The correct spelling is crutch.
How to pronounce crutch
/kɹʌtʃ/
nounIPA: /kɹʌtʃ/
Say it like: Cru-ch
The correct spelling is crutch. A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg. For example: "He walked on crutches for a month until the cast was removed from his leg."
Usage Examples
“He walked on crutches for a month until the cast was removed from his leg.”
“Alcohol became a crutch to help him through the long nights; eventually it killed him.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.
- 2.Something that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop
- 3.A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.
- 4.A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
- 5.A knee, or piece of knee timber.
verb
- 1.To support on crutches; to prop up.
- 2.To move on crutches.
- 3.To shear the hindquarters of a sheep; to dag.
- 4.To stir with a crutch (in soap making)
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