shinbone

Questions about shinbone

What does shinbone mean?

shinbone means "the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle".

How many syllables are in shinbone?

shinbone has 2 syllables: shin-bone. The stress falls on "shin". In IPA it is /ˈʃɪnˌboʊn/.

What is another word for shinbone?

Close synonyms include tibia, shin bone, shin. 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 shinbone a common word?

shinbone 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 shinbone?

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