Meaning of Crutch | Babel Free
kɹʌt͡ʃDefinitions
- A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.
- Something or someone that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop
- A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.
- A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
- A knee, or piece of knee timber.
- A forked stanchion or post; a crotch.
- An improvised device, usually made from a piece of cardboard, to hold the last end of a joint.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
qoltuqağacı
Беларуская
куля
Català
crossa
فارسی
عصا
Gaeilge
croisín
हिन्दी
बैसाखी
Magyar
mankó
Հայերեն
անթացուպ
Bahasa Indonesia
kruk
日本語
松葉杖
ქართული
ყავარჯენი
Latina
adminiculum
Lëtzebuergesch
Krätsch
Latviešu
kruķis
Te Reo Māori
tokotoko
Македонски
патерица
Монгол
таяг
မြန်မာဘာသာ
ချိုင်းထောက်
Nederlands
kruk
Română
cârjă
Русский
костыль
Slovenščina
bergla
Shqip
shtrat
Svenska
krycka
Türkçe
koltuk değneği
Oʻzbekcha
tayoq
Tiếng Việt
nang
Examples
“He walked on crutches for a month until the cast was removed from his leg.”
“I'll lean upon one crutch, and fight with the other.”
“Sullen now, with stultified spleen, Mrs Dibble grappled her crutches and levered herself upright after an ungainly struggle.”
“Alcohol became a crutch to help him through the long nights; eventually it killed him.”
“Rhyme[…]is […] at best a crutch that lifts the weak alone.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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