Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dog bone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables: dog bone
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a bone that is given to a dog to chew on and play with, similar to a dog biscuit. They can be real bones, or they can be made of other materials like plastic or leather

noun

a 2- or 3-dimensional compound shape, evocative of a dog biscuit or dog-bone toy with a central shaft and two lobes (analogous to femoral condyles) at each end

noun

Slang

Example Sentences

""The First Nanochips", Scientific American, April 2004, p. 81. If ... the pattern on the mask were designed to look more like a dog bone, the result would better approximate a rectangle with sharp corners."
"Me and D-Money keep smokin' that bomb Need a little game, you better log on Girls get naked Lickin' on my dog bone"

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

dog bones (plural)

Phrases

throw him a bone toss them a bone

Questions

What does dog bone mean?: a bone that is given to a dog to chew on and play with, similar to a dog biscuit. They can be real bones, or they can be made of other materials like plastic or leather

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