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kneepans

kneepans is the plural of kneepan.

Meaning of kneepan

Noun

kneepan (plural kneepans)

  1. The kneecap; the patella.
    • by little and little we found ourselves sitting up; the clothes well tucked around us, leaning against the head-board with our four knees drawn up close together, and our two noses bending over them, as if our kneepans were warming-pans.1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 11

Questions about kneepans

What is kneepans the plural of?
Kneepans is the plural of kneepan.

Words near kneepans in the dictionary

  1. kneels down
  2. kneen
  3. kneepad
  4. kneepads
  5. kneepan
  6. kneepans
  7. kneepiece
  8. kneepieces
  9. kneepit
  10. kneepits
  11. kneeprint

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