clavicle
/ˈklæv.ɪk.əl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.51 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
Example Sentences
- "Mr. Trump then used his free hand to lunge towards Bobby Engel, and, when Mr. Ornato had recounted the story to me, he had motioned towards his clavicles."
- "And you worked a lot too. You were thin from biking around all day; your protruding clavicles collected rainwater."
- "The Voluta is a ſimple ſhell, having no hinge, formed of one piece, and of a figure approaching to conic, but short; the clavicle being uſually depreſſed, in all very ſhort: the mouth is long, perpendicular, and narrow: the animal inhabiting this ſhell is a limax."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French clavicule, from Latin clāvicula (“a small key”), diminutive of clāvis (“a key”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *(s)kleh₂w-, clāvicula