noun
the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
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they were up to their armpits in water
• Syn: ↑armpit, ↑axilla, ↑axillary fossa
• Hypernyms: ↑cavity, ↑bodily cavity, ↑cavum
• Part Holonyms: ↑shoulder
• Part Meronyms: ↑axillary artery, ↑arteria axillaris
Useful english dictionary. 2012.