CALF BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calf bone mean? 

• CALF BONE (noun)
  The noun CALF BONE has 1 sense:

1. the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

  Familiarity information: CALF BONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALF BONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

calf bone; fibula

Hypernyms ("calf bone" is a kind of...):

leg bone (a bone of the leg)

Holonyms ("calf bone" is a part of...):

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)

 Context examples 

The small, lateral calf bone extending from the knee to the ankle.

(Fibula, NCI Thesaurus)