hipbone

[ hip-bohn ]

/ ˈhɪpˌboʊn /

noun

innominate bone.

the ilium.

Nearby words

hip pocket, hip roof, hip-hop, hip-huggers, hipaa, hipbone, hiphugger, hiplength, hipp-, hipparch, hipparchus

Origin of hipbone

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at hip¹, bone

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Examples from the Web for hipbone

I was fortunately too near for the full effect of the blow, but the hoof took me at the hipbone, and for the moment paralyzed me.
In Direst Peril|David Christie Murray
He hoisted the box to the level of his hipbone, feeling as if his spine would snap.
The Saracen: The Holy War|Robert Shea

British Dictionary definitions for hipbone

hipbone

/ (ˈhɪpˌbəʊn) /

noun

the nontechnical name for innominate bone

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Medicine definitions for hipbone

hipbone

[ hĭp′bōn′ ]

n.

Either of two large flat bones formed by the fusion of ilium, ischium, and pubis, constituting the lateral half of the pelvis and articulating with its fellow, with the sacrum, and with the femur.coxa innominate bone

Science definitions for hipbone

hipbone

[ hĭp′bōn′ ]

Either of two large, flat bones, each forming one of the outer borders of the pelvis in mammals and consisting of the fused ilium, ischium, and pubis.