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

shimmery, shimmy, Shimonoseki, shin, Shinar, shinbone, shindig, shindy, shine, shiner, shiner perch

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How to use shinbone in a sentence

Her team is sampling the shinbones of 120 cadavers at three body farms in Texas and Tennessee.
One forensic scientist is scraping bones for clues to time of death|Carolyn Wilke|February 28, 2022|Science News
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
He drove the toe of his shoe squarely against the shinbone of the big man.
What's-His-Name|George Barr McCutcheon
Dr. Flip would diagnose a case as "Fatty degeneration of the shinbone, sire," and the usual remedy would be prescribed.
With the Battle Fleet|Franklin Matthews

Coaches and fours were driven through the proclamation; the well-to-do got good weight, and the toiler—shinbone!
The Siege of Kimberley|T. Phelan
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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