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16 April 2011

What do you call the part of the hand that is not the fingers? Not the palm nor the back, but:
palm + back - fingers = ???

post by: Ardiril at: 15:09 | 15 comments

A hand without fingers is still a hand.

posted by Eideteker 16 April | 15:18

I call it tasty.

posted by Hugh Janus 16 April | 17:15

I'd probably call it the body of the hand if I had to describe it to convey meaning. With flair I'd probably call it a "mitt".

I was going to give a short snarky useless answer but I forgot, sorry.

posted by fleacircus 16 April | 17:29

What Eide said.

Also, I just looked at the Wikipedia article on hands and it doesn't show a separate name for the non-digit portion of a hand except for palmar (palm) and dorsal (back). The bones in that section are the metacarpals. Perhaps you could call it the "metacarpal area"? Unless, of course, you're looking for an "official" name.

On preview: mitt might work, but that word makes me think of the whole hand.

posted by deborah 16 April | 17:31

Laughter is useful.

posted by Hugh Janus 16 April | 17:33

Maybe the base of your hand?

posted by rmless2 16 April | 18:17

You laughing at me?
You laughing at me?
You laughing at me?
You laughing at me?

posted by deborah 16 April | 20:42

I don't know what you call that part of a hand. However the plastic bit on the end of a shoelace, that keeps it from unraveling, and makes it easier to poke it through the holes, is called an "aglet".

posted by Kangaroo 16 April | 21:12

The meat.

posted by Miko 16 April | 22:14

'Metacarpus', apparently, although that suggests you're talking about the bones, plus I don't if anyone normal would know what you're talking about.

posted by chrismear 17 April | 03:09

"... plus I don't if anyone normal would know what you're talking about."

That's why I asked here. ;-P

posted by Ardiril 17 April | 05:32

Maybe "the flat of the hand"? Though maybe that suggests the palm more than the whole.

posted by Elsa 17 April | 07:16

The heel of the hand? The knuckles?

posted by fancyoats 17 April | 11:59

The rump?

posted by dg 17 April | 17:03

I was almost right; yay me.

posted by deborah 17 April | 17:08

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