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PAHM/pɑːm/

Your palm is the inside flat part of your hand, not the back of the hand. In the palm of your hand; a sweaty palm. A finger is each long part; the thumb is the short thick one; the palm is the middle. A palm tree is a later meaning. Countable: a palm, two palms.

Meaning

The inside part of your hand.

Examples

• “Write your name on the palm of your hand.”
• “He had a coin in the palm of his hand.”
• “The cat sat on the palm of her hand.”

Good to know

the palm of your hand. Contrast: back of the hand, fingers, thumb. Later: palm tree.

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