ELBOW BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elbow bone mean? 

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

1. the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELBOW BONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

elbow bone; ulna

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

arm bone (a bone in the arm)

Meronyms (parts of "elbow bone"):

olecranon; olecranon process (process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended)

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

forearm (the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist)