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t-bone

UK/ˈtiːbəʊn/

t-bone is the alternative form of T-bone.

Noun (1) capitalized: T-bone

T-bone (plural T-bones)

  1. A T-bone steak.
    • The barbecue was over. It had been a good one; drinks, charcoaled T-bones, rare, a green salad and Meg's special dressing.1984, Stephen King, The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet

Verb capitalized: T-bone

T-bone (third-person singular simple present T-bones, present participle T-boning, simple past and past participle T-boned)

  1. (Canada, US, slang, transitive) To collide perpendicularly with the side of another vehicle.
    • Holmes, who was a lap ahead and in 6th spot, couldn’t avoid T-boning him and in the coming together they were both out.1984, R and T, volume 35, CBS Publications, page 187
    • Its hood had already been accordioned from T-boning somebody else[.]1993, Car and Driver, volume 39, Hachette Magazines, Inc., page 25

Noun (2) capitalized: T-bone

T-bone (plural T-bones)

  1. A vehicular collision of this kind.

Forms of t-bone

Noun
pluralt-bones
pluralT-bones
alternative formt-bone
Verb
third-person singular presentt-bones
present participlet-boning
past participlet-boned
pastt-boned
third-person singular presentT-bones
present participleT-boning
past participleT-boned
pastT-boned

Origin of t-bone

Elliptical form of T-bone steak.

From the ⊤ shape produced by the vehicles involved in such a collision, with allusion to T-bone ¹.

Phrases with t-bone

Questions about t-bone

What does t-bone mean?
T-bone means a T-bone steak.
What is t-bone the alternative form of?
T-bone is the alternative form of T-bone.
What part of speech is t-bone?
T-bone can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce t-bone?
T-bone is pronounced /ˈtiːbəʊn/ (UK).
What is the plural of t-bone?
The plural of t-bone is t-bones.

Words near t-bone in the dictionary

  1. T-beams
  2. T-bill
  3. T-bills
  4. T-bird
  5. T-birds
  6. t-bone
  7. T-bone steak
  8. T-bone steaks
  9. t-boned
  10. t-bones
  11. t-boning

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