Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carpal bone

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: carpal bone
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the eight bones of the carpus or wrist: those being the scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, hamate, capitate, trapezoid, and trapezium bones.

Inflected Forms

carpal bones (plural)

Synonyms

carpal wrist bone

Questions

What does carpal bone mean?: Any of the eight bones of the carpus or wrist: those being the scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, hamate, capitate, trapezoid, and trapezium bones.

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