anklebone

Questions about anklebone

What does anklebone mean?

anklebone means "the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint".

How many syllables are in anklebone?

anklebone has 3 syllables: an-kle-bone. The stress falls on "an". In IPA it is /ˈæŋkəlˌboʊn/.

What is another word for anklebone?

Close synonyms include astragal, astragalus, talus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anklebone a common word?

anklebone is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with anklebone?

9 words rhyme with anklebone. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.