Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oracle bone

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables: or-a-cle bone
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of turtle shell or bone used for divination during the late Shang dynasty of China.

Inflected Forms

oracle bones (plural)

Phrases

oracle bone script

Questions

What does oracle bone mean?: A piece of turtle shell or bone used for divination during the late Shang dynasty of China.

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