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collarbone

[kol-er-bohn]
noun
  1. the clavicle.
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Origin of collarbone

First recorded in 1605–15; collar + bone
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Examples from the Web for collarbone

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  • There was a thin, high-pitched scream as a collarbone broke.

    Police Your Planet

    Lester del Rey

  • The knife had gone in just below the collarbone, and pierced down into the lungs.

    Mugby Junction

    Charles Dickens

  • My nose was pointed into the top of her head, and her face was right at my collarbone.

    Little Brother

    Cory Doctorow

  • I hope it won't be anything worse than a leg, or your collarbone, or five teeth knocked out.

  • Jawn struck; the man's collarbone crackled under the coupling pin and he fell forward with a yell.

    The Short Line War

    Samuel Merwin

British Dictionary definitions for collarbone

collarbone

noun
  1. the nontechnical name for clavicle
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Word Origin and History for collarbone

n.

c.1500, from collar (n.) + bone (n.).

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
collarbone in Medicine

collarbone

(kŏl′ər-bōn′)
n.
  1. clavicle
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collarbone in Science

collarbone

[kŏl′ər-bōn′]
  1. See clavicle.
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