Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

legbone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: leg-bone
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bone in the leg.

Example Sentences

"They looped ropes around the stiff legbones of the first cow and pulled her body toward the stoneboat, resting between spurts of hauling."

Etymology

From leg + bone.

Inflected Forms

legbones (plural)

Questions

What does legbone mean?: A bone in the leg.
Where does legbone come from?: From leg + bone.

How to pronounce legbone

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