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shinbone

shinbone noun: the inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.

Noun

shinbone (plural shinbones)

  1. The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee
  2. A segment of an insect's leg.

shinbone meaning in Gujarati, Tagalog, Arabic and Malay

shinbone in Gujarati

inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
નળો naḷo

shinbone in Tagalog

inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
butunlulod

shinbone in Arabic

inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
قَصَبَة qaṣaba

shinbone in Malay

inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
tulang kering, tulang betis, tibia
More languagesFewer languages
shinbone in Indonesian
tulang kering, tibia
shinbone in Persian
درشتنی doroštney
shinbone in Thai
กระดูกแข้ง grà-dùuk-kɛ̂ng
shinbone in Vietnamese
xương chày, xương ống chân

Synonyms of shinbone

Forms of shinbone

pluralshinbones

Origin of shinbone

From Middle English schinboon, schineboon, from Old English sċinbān (“shin, shinbone”), from Proto-West Germanic *skinubain, from Proto-Germanic *skinōbainą, equivalent to shin + bone. Cognate with Dutch scheenbeen (“shinbone”), German Schienbein (“shinbone”), Danish skinneben (“shin, shinbone”), Swedish skenben (“shinbone”).

Words formed from shinbone

Questions about shinbone

What does shinbone mean?
Shinbone means the inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.
What is shinbone in Gujarati?
Shinbone in Gujarati is નળો (naḷo). See Shinbone meaning in Gujarati.
What part of speech is shinbone?
Shinbone is a noun.
What is the plural of shinbone?
The plural of shinbone is shinbones.

Words near shinbone in the dictionary

  1. shinbeams
  2. shinbeen
  3. shinbeens
  4. shinbin
  5. shinbins
  6. shinbone
  7. shinboner
  8. shinboners
  9. shinbones
  10. shinbyeong
  11. shinbyong

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