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heelbone

heelbone noun: the bone of the heel; the calcaneus.

Noun

heelbone (plural heelbones)

  1. The bone of the heel; the calcaneus.

Forms of heelbone

pluralheelbones

Origin of heelbone

From heel + bone.

Questions about heelbone

What does heelbone mean?
Heelbone means the bone of the heel; the calcaneus.
What part of speech is heelbone?
Heelbone is a noun.
What is the plural of heelbone?
The plural of heelbone is heelbones.

Words near heelbone in the dictionary

  1. heel-palms
  2. heel/face turn
  3. heel/face turns
  4. heelball
  5. heelballs
  6. heelbone
  7. heelbones
  8. heeld
  9. heelds
  10. heeled
  11. heeled out

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