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shinbone

/ʃˈɪnbˌoʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
shin-bone
IPA
/ʃˈɪnbˌoʊn/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee

noun

A segment of an insect's leg.

Etymology

From Middle English schinboon, schineboon, from Old English sċinbān (“shin, shinbone”), from Proto-West Germanic *skinubain, from Proto-Germanic *skinōbainą, equivalent to shin + bone. Cognate with Dutch scheenbeen (“shinbone”), German Schienbein (“shinbone”), Danish skinneben (“shin, shinbone”), Swedish skenben (“shinbone”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: schinboon, sċinbān, *skinubain, *skinōbainą

Inflected Forms

shinbones (plural)

Derived Forms

Shinboner

Synonyms

tibia shankbone shin bone shin

Questions

How do you pronounce shinbone?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈɪnbˌoʊn/.
What does shinbone mean?
The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee
Where does shinbone come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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