Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sidebone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sidebone
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse.

Example Sentences

"ringbone and sidebone co-exist in the same leg, […]where the three bones are completely anchylosed"

Etymology

From side + bone.

Inflected Forms

sidebones (plural)

Questions

What does sidebone mean?: A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse.
Where does sidebone come from?: From side + bone.

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