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SHIN BONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shin bone mean?
• SHIN BONE (noun)
The noun SHIN BONE has 2 senses:
1. a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
2. the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Familiarity information: SHIN BONE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
shin; shin bone
Hypernyms ("shin bone" is a kind of...):
cut; cut of meat (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
shin; shin bone; shinbone; tibia
Hypernyms ("shin bone" is a kind of...):
leg bone (a bone of the leg)
Holonyms ("shin 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 oil rendered from the shin bones and feet of cattle.
(Neatsfoot Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
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