Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elephant leg

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: ele-phan-t -leg
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The rotating slab of meat from which slices are carved when making kebabs.

Countable; Humorous

noun

Elephantiasis of the leg.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Anyone who has ever spent the evening drinking, found the ever-rotating elephant leg to suddenly take on a mythic appeal and suffered for it the next day, can believe that a bad doner can contain up to 98 per cent and 148 per cent, respectively, of your RDA of salt and saturated fat."
"But there are varying degrees of elephant-leg doner, and I've had much better."
"Individuals who enjoy every comfort, and who are not exposed to great vicissitudes of temperature or changes of weather, are as liable to elephant leg as those who endure the hardships and privations of life."

Usage

Inflected Forms

elephant legs (plural) elephant's leg (alternative)

Synonyms

elephantiasis Arabum

Questions

What does elephant leg mean?: The rotating slab of meat from which slices are carved when making kebabs.

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