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chawbone

chawbone noun: jawbone (maxillary bone).

Noun

chawbone (plural chawbones)

  1. (obsolete outside archaic usage) Jawbone (maxillary bone).
    • "Ah, that's the problem, then. You've not lubricated your chawbones."2000, Gary Blackwood, The Shakespeare Stealer, page 140
    • The chawbone of the ox that at Christ's birth was […]2003, A Select Collection of Old English Plays

Forms of chawbone

pluralchawbones
alternative formchawe bone
alternative formchaw-bone

Origin of chawbone

From chaw (“jaw, underjaw”) + bone.

Questions about chawbone

What does chawbone mean?
Chawbone means jawbone (maxillary bone).
What part of speech is chawbone?
Chawbone is a noun.
What is the plural of chawbone?
The plural of chawbone is chawbones.

Words near chawbone in the dictionary

  1. Chawasha
  2. chawat
  3. chawats
  4. chawbacon
  5. chawbacons
  6. chawbone
  7. chawbones
  8. chawbuck
  9. chawbucked
  10. chawbucking
  11. chawbucks

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