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spadebone

spadebone noun: shoulder blade.

Noun

spadebone (plural spadebones)

  1. (UK, obsolete) shoulder blade
    • a spadebone of a shoulder of mutton1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Forms of spadebone

pluralspadebones

Origin of spadebone

From spade + bone?

Questions about spadebone

What does spadebone mean?
Spadebone means shoulder blade.
What part of speech is spadebone?
Spadebone is a noun.
What is the plural of spadebone?
The plural of spadebone is spadebones.

Words near spadebone in the dictionary

  1. spadea
  2. spadeable
  3. spadeas
  4. spadebill
  5. spadebills
  6. spadebone
  7. spadebones
  8. spaded
  9. spadefeet
  10. spadefish
  11. spadefishes

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