Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bone-cage

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: bone-cage
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any rigid bony enclosure that protects or houses soft tissues, as the ribcage.

Example Sentences

"It would keep the bone-cage of his body safe: no enemy's clasp would crush him in it, no vicious armlock choke his life out."

Inflected Forms

bone-cages (plural)

Questions

What does bone-cage mean?: Any rigid bony enclosure that protects or houses soft tissues, as the ribcage.

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