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shinbone

[ shin-bohn ]
/ ˈʃɪnˌboʊn /
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noun

the tibia.

RELATED WORDS

tibia, shank, crus, cnemis

Nearby words

shin, shin bet, shin guard, shin splints, shinar, shinbone, shindig, shindy, shine, shine up to, shiner

Origin of shinbone

before 1000; Middle English; Old English scinbān. See shin1, bone
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Examples from the Web for shinbone

  • He drove the toe of his shoe squarely against the shinbone of the big man.

    What's-His-Name|George Barr McCutcheon

  • They took his shinbone, cut off each end, and used it to juggle up and catch on the back of the hand.

    Seven Mohave Myths|A. L. Kroeber

  • The maddened animal had struck him on the shinbone, and wounded him.

    Legends of the Rhine|Wilhelm Ruland

  • No, not a vestage of the fossil is there, not a skull, not a shinbone.

    The Book of Khalid|Ameen Rihani

British Dictionary definitions for shinbone

shinbone

/ (ˈʃɪnˌbəʊn) /

noun

the nontechnical name for tibia (def. 1)
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Medicine definitions for shinbone

shinbone

[ shĭn′bōn′ ]

n.

tibia
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