What's the difference between armchair and elbow?

Armchair


Definition:

  • (n.) A chair with arms to support the elbows or forearms.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Armchair Paralympian (armchayer-parra-limp-iain) noun .
  • (2) I Only Have Eyes for You – The Flamingos Or, to the armchair grammarian, "I Have Eyes Only for You".
  • (3) ITV's coverage of the FA Cup later this month, for example, will hear fans' views of the game and armchair commentaries via AudioBoo on their mobile phones.
  • (4) The prosaic question for the armchair mountaineer is, can the dying be saved?
  • (5) Still, he got one thing right that Saturday, as he sat on a golden-rimmed armchair at Cairo’s Qubba place.
  • (6) But it is hardly Ensler's fault if women still get a thrill out of hearing the word vagina; her plays are transforming armchair post-feminists into activists, and radicalising women more effectively than a whole generation of feminist theory.
  • (7) Fahy, who is also vice-president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, added: "There are a lot of judgments by armchair generals and almost professors in hindsight, not taking into context the state of society and things officers were being asked to do at the time some of these events occurred."
  • (8) 32 Rose Street, +27 21 422 5883, larosecapetown.com The Blue House Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rooms in The Blue House look like they could be straight from the film set of Out Of Africa , with huge leather sofas, wicker armchairs and wooden tea chests.
  • (9) 74 New Church Street, +27 21 423 4530, backpackers.co.za Dutch Manor Facebook Twitter Pinterest This self-styled “antique hotel” is furnished with four-poster beds, leather armchairs, period paintings and porcelain, plus a crystal decanter of sherry for the welcome drink.
  • (10) The writer, a self-confessed armchair critic, makes some suggestions about ways of reducing disagreement about elective induction of labour.
  • (11) The painting shows an old, weary man slumped in contemplation in his armchair and has spent more time in the National Gallery's storeroom than on display because it is attributed to a follower of Rembrandt rather than the artist himself.
  • (12) "We are the great hope for change," the politician says, his arms sprawled across the back of an armchair.
  • (13) ); all from the comfort of their figurative armchairs, the majority of these great thinkers and contributors having never been a part of the Olympic Movement, or themselves been to Rio.
  • (14) Despite the clear scientific consensus, a veritable brigade of self-proclaimed, underinformed armchair experts lurk on comment threads the world over, eager to pour scorn on climate science.
  • (15) 22 subjectively healthy females were supine, sat in an armchair and stood while specimens of peripheral venous blood were collected after at least 15 min in each position without using a tourniquet.
  • (16) Rising from a standard armchair and an armchair specially designed for comfort in sitting of the elderly was studied in the older group to determine the influence of the special chair.
  • (17) Shuffled back on an armchair so that her giant heels swing off the ground, she has the mannerisms of a well-behaved toddler.
  • (18) This furore gave the defence secretary, Philip Hammond , a wonderful opportunity to slap down the armchair generals, and he took it with great enthusiasm.
  • (19) Not so long ago, in the slur-filled era before this year’s election, Momentum, the grassroots group of supporters for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, were routinely dismissed as armchair activists, cultish Trots, delusional young naïfs, or some combination of the three.
  • (20) Tents and mattresses, armchairs and sofas, a canteen, portable toilets and solar panels have sprung up in a remarkable display of organisational prowess.

Elbow


Definition:

  • (n.) The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.
  • (n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
  • (n.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back.
  • (v. t.) To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.
  • (v. i.) To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.
  • (v. i.) To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Compared with conservative management, better long-term success (determined by return of athletic soundness and less evidence of degenerative joint disease) was achieved with surgical curettage of elbow subchondral cystic lesions.
  • (2) The authors describe a new technique for evaluating traumatic conditions to the elbow: the radial head-capitellum view.
  • (3) Furthermore, it involved mixed clinical and histological changes of epidermal nevus from fingers to elbow.
  • (4) But there was a clear penalty on Diego Costa – it is a waste of time and money to have officials by the side of the goal because normally they do nothing – and David Luiz’s elbow I didn’t see, I confess.
  • (5) Five cases of bilateral abduction contracture of the shoulder in adults including the first case of bilateral abduction contractures of shoulder and hip plus bilateral flexion contracture of elbow and extension contracture of a knee are reported.
  • (6) After 3-5 days of side-arm traction, swelling had usually diminished sufficiently to allow the elbow to be safely hyperflexed to stabilize the fracture after elective closed reduction.
  • (7) There were no significant effects of training on the time-related contractile properties (time to peak torque, half-relaxation time), CSA, or %MUA of the elbow flexors or knee extensors.
  • (8) Brachial artery rupture is the usual vascular injury associated with a compound elbow dislocation.
  • (9) In severely impaired limbs, there was a marked shift in both the peak EMG angle and the angular domain of EMG activity for both biceps and triceps muscle groups, away from the normal elbow flexion-extension axis towards external humeral rotation and shoulder girdle elevation.
  • (10) The EMG activity in flexors of both shoulder and elbow showed reflex responses at short latency (approximately 25 ms).
  • (11) The study involved measurement of mechanical resistance of a passive limb periodical movements at the elbow joint.
  • (12) Whilst developing an elbow endoprosthesis, the joint forces were estimated for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
  • (13) Electrical and mechanical responses were evoked in the elbow flexors (EFs) of normal subjects and myopathy patients by maximal stimulation of the musculocutaneous nerve by a wire electrode in the axilla.
  • (14) Distal (5th finger - wrist) and proximal (wrist - elbow) sensory nerve conduction showed an insignificant increase as hyperglycemia was induced.
  • (15) In our view, the surgical procedure of choice for a salvage elbow is an elbow arthrodesis.
  • (16) Degenerative arthritis of the elbow is a poorly recognised condition, usually seen in a middle-aged man with an occupation or activity which involves the repetitive use of his dominant arm.
  • (17) Rheumatoid arthritis of the elbow is a common condition.
  • (18) The authors favor conservative treatment of tennis elbow, starting with cessation of the offending activity and prescription of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and followed by isometric and isotonic exercises when pain and inflammation have subsided.
  • (19) Radiographic examination revealed ankylotic changes in both wrist and elbow joints.
  • (20) Thirty-six per cent had axillary occlusion, 52% had a brachial lesion, and the lesion was distal to the elbow in 11%.