shinbone

[ shin-bohn ]
/ ˈʃɪnˌboʊn /
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noun

the tibia.

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Origin of shinbone

before 1000; Middle English; Old English scinbān. See shin1, bone

Words nearby shinbone

shimonoseki, shin, shin guard, shin splints, shinar, shinbone, shindig, shindy, shine, shine up to, shiner
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Words related to shinbone

tibia, shank, crus, cnemis

Example sentences 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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Medical definitions for shinbone

shinbone
[ shĭn′bōn′ ]

n.

tibia
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