knucklebone
knucklebone noun: a bone that forms a knuckle in the human hand, in an animal's paw or any bone that forms a similar bump.
Noun
knucklebone (plural knucklebones)
- A bone that forms a knuckle in the human hand, in an animal's paw or any bone that forms a similar bump.
- Such a bone once used in knucklebones and other children's games of chance.
- A die.
knucklebone meaning in Tamil and Urdu
knucklebone in Tamil
- விரல் முட்டி எலும்பு
knucklebone in Urdu
- بند انگشت, پور
Forms of knucklebone
| plural | knucklebones |
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Origin of knucklebone
From knuckle + bone.
Questions about knucklebone
- What does knucklebone mean?
- Knucklebone means a bone that forms a knuckle in the human hand, in an animal's paw or any bone that forms a similar bump.
- What is knucklebone in Tamil?
- Knucklebone in Tamil is விரல் முட்டி எலும்பு. See Knucklebone meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is knucklebone?
- Knucklebone is a noun.
- What is the plural of knucklebone?
- The plural of knucklebone is knucklebones.
Words near knucklebone in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: knucklebone (page history and authors); knucklebone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); knucklebone (Urdu 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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