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ankle-bone

ankle-bone is the alternative spelling of anklebone.

Meaning of anklebone

Noun

anklebone (plural anklebones)

  1. The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
    • And immediatly his fete ãd anclebones receaved ſtrenght / and he ſprange / ſtode / ãd alſo walked / ãd entred with them into the temple walkinge / and leapynge / and laudynge god.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, The Actes off the Apostles iij:[7–8], folio clvii, recto

Forms of ankle-bone

pluralankle-bones

Questions about ankle-bone

What is ankle-bone the alternative spelling of?
Ankle-bone is the alternative spelling of anklebone.

Words near ankle-bone in the dictionary

  1. ankle slappers
  2. ankle sock
  3. ankle socks
  4. ankle-biter
  5. ankle-biters
  6. ankle-bone
  7. ankle-bones
  8. ankle-deep
  9. ankle-high
  10. ankle-highs
  11. anklebiter

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