shin bone

shin bone
noun
1. a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
Syn: ↑shin
Hypernyms: ↑cut, ↑cut of meat
2. the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Syn: ↑tibia, ↑shinbone, ↑shin
Derivationally related forms: ↑tibial (for: ↑tibia)
Hypernyms: ↑leg bone
Part Holonyms: ↑leg

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ˈshin bone [shin bone shin bones] noun
the front and larger bone of the two bones in the lower part of the leg between the knee and the ankle
Syn: tibia

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