Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whalebone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables
whale-bone
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that is used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From whale + bone.

Usage

Inflected Forms

whalebones (plural)

Derived Forms

whaleboned whaleboning

Phrases

whalebone whale whittle the whalebone

Synonyms

baleen

Questions

What does whalebone mean?
The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that is used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets
Where does whalebone come from?
From whale + bone.

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