pubic bone

1. 1.

   one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis

   Synonymspubisos pubis

   Broaderbone

   Part ofpelvis

Questions about pubic bone

What does pubic bone mean?

pubic bone means "one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis".

What is another word for pubic bone?

Close synonyms include pubis, os pubis. 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 pubic bone a common word?

pubic bone 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.