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shank meaning in Sinhala

කෙණ්ඩය keṇḍaya

/ˈʃæŋk//ˈʃeɪ̯ŋk/

shank in Sinhala: කෙණ්ඩය (keṇḍaya). In English, shank means the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.

Sinhala words for shank

shank; leg
කෙණ්ඩය keṇḍaya

English meaning of shank

  1. noun The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
  2. noun Meat from that part of an animal.
  3. noun A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
  4. noun A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.

Full definition of shank

shank in a sentence

  • Edward I of England was nicknamed Edward Longshanks.
  • This twist drill has a reduced shank so that it can be used even in a small chuck.
  • the shank of the morning

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Questions about shank in Sinhala

What is the meaning of shank in Sinhala?
Shank in Sinhala is කෙණ්ඩය (keṇḍaya).
shank යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Shank: කෙණ්ඩය (keṇḍaya).
What does shank mean in English?
Shank means the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.

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Sinhala words from Wiktionary's Sinhala entries whose English meaning is “shank”: කෙණ්ඩය. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: shank (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sinhala words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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