calf bone

1. 1.

   the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

   Synonymsfibula

   Broaderleg bone

   Part ofleg

Questions about calf bone

What does calf bone mean?

calf bone means "the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle".

What is another word for calf bone?

Close synonyms include fibula. 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 calf bone a common word?

calf bone is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.