shinbone

shin·bone

S0345000 (shĭn′bōn′)n. See tibia.

shinbone

(ˈʃɪnˌbəʊn) n (Anatomy) the nontechnical name for tibia¹

shin•bone

(ˈʃɪnˌboʊn)

n. the tibia. [before 1000; Middle English; Old English scinbān]

shin·bone

(shĭn′bōn′) See tibia.

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shinbone - the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankletibia, shin bone, shinleg - a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankleleg bone - a bone of the leg

shinbone

nounRelated words
technical name tibia

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