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SHINBONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shinbone mean?
• SHINBONE (noun)
The noun SHINBONE has 1 sense:
1. the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Familiarity information: SHINBONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("shinbone" is a kind of...):
leg bone (a bone of the leg)
Holonyms ("shinbone" 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)
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