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fingerbone

fingerbone noun: a bone in the finger.

Noun

fingerbone (plural fingerbones)

  1. A bone in the finger.
    • She hadn’t found the finger-bone she wanted
      Among the buttons poured out in her lap.
      I verified the name next morning: Toffile.
      The rural letter box said Toffile Lajway.1923 October, Robert Frost, “[Notes.] Two Witches.”, in New Hampshire […], New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 61

Forms of fingerbone

pluralfingerbones
alternative formfinger bone

Origin of fingerbone

From finger + bone.

Questions about fingerbone

What does fingerbone mean?
Fingerbone means a bone in the finger.
What part of speech is fingerbone?
Fingerbone is a noun.
What is the plural of fingerbone?
The plural of fingerbone is fingerbones.

Words near fingerbone in the dictionary

  1. fingerblasts
  2. fingerboard
  3. fingerboarder
  4. fingerboarders
  5. fingerboards
  6. fingerbone
  7. fingerbones
  8. fingerbowl
  9. fingerbowls
  10. fingerbreadth
  11. fingerbreadths

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