left-handadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈleft.hænd/us/ˈleft.hænd/A2 on or to the left:
the left-hand side
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- You'll find the knives and forks in the left-hand drawer.
- The right-hand dial shows the temperature, and the left-hand one shows the air pressure.
- There's a dirty mark on the top left-hand corner of the photo.
- Tens go in the left-hand column and units in the right.
- He lost all feeling on his left-hand side.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
General location and orientation
- -oriented
- about
- along
- anterior
- around
- back onto sth
- bearing
- far
- front
- frontal
- hind
- nearside
- offside
- on-site
- orientated
- overleaf
- position
- positional
- round
- spot
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