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hip bone

/ˈhɪp ˌbəʊn/US/ˈhɪp ˌboʊn/

hip bone noun: one of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.

hip bone: one of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial,...
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Noun

hip bone (plural hip bones)

  1. One of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.

hip bone meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Malay

hip bone in Tamil

குறுக்கெலும்பு, இடுப்பெலும்பு, கண்ணாடித்திடம், சப்பையெலும்பு, காற்சீப்பு

hip bone in Kannada

ಚಪ್ಪೆ

hip bone in Tagalog

one of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
balisakang, himulurin

hip bone in Malay

one of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones
tulang inominat, tulang pinggul

Synonyms of hip bone

Forms of hip bone

pluralhip bones
alternative formhipbone

Origin of hip bone

From hip (noun) + bone (noun).

Questions about hip bone

What does hip bone mean?
Hip bone means one of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.
What is hip bone in Tamil?
Hip bone in Tamil is குறுக்கெலும்பு, இடுப்பெலும்பு, கண்ணாடித்திடம். See Hip bone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hip bone?
Hip bone is a noun.
How do you pronounce hip bone?
Hip bone is pronounced /ˈhɪp ˌbəʊn/ (UK).
What is the plural of hip bone?
The plural of hip bone is hip bones.

Words near hip bone in the dictionary

  1. hip
  2. hip and shoulder
  3. hip and shoulders
  4. hip bath
  5. hip baths
  6. hip bone
  7. hip bones
  8. hip boot
  9. hip boots
  10. hip cat
  11. hip cats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hip bone (page history and authors); hip bone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hip bone (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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