Arm
Arm noun - An area of land that juts out into a body of water.
Usage example: Maine has so many long, narrow arms that jut out into the ocean that early coastal settlers found it much easier to travel by sea
Spit
Spit noun - An area of land that juts out into a body of water.
Usage example: at the northeast end of the island is a long spit whose terminal is crowned by a towering lighthouse
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Synonyms for Spit
How words are described
| old | old arm | old spit |
| good | good arm | good spit |
| regular | regular arm | regular spit |
| original | original arm | original spit |
| Other adjectives: open, small, powerful, real, large, bad, main, extra, extended, giant. | ||
Common collocations
| bombs | arm bombs | spit bombs |
Both words in one sentence
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Star Trek: Enterprise once featured a species that had a healing spit, which one of them demonstrated on Trip when he lacerated his arm.
Source: Super Spit -
While trying to get Maggie to eat spinach, Homer somehow managed to do a spit-take from the mouth of a sock puppet on his arm.
Source: Spit Take -
In Mortal Kombat X, one of Reptile's Fatalities has him spit a puddle of acid at the opponent's feet, causing their body to slowly dissolve until only an arm is left.
Source: I'm Melting
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