COLLARBONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does collarbone mean? 

• COLLARBONE (noun)
  The noun COLLARBONE has 1 sense:

1. bone linking the scapula and sternum

  Familiarity information: COLLARBONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLARBONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bone linking the scapula and sternum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

clavicle; collarbone

Hypernyms ("collarbone" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "collarbone"):

arteria subclavia; subclavian artery (either of two arteries that supply blood to the neck and arms)

Holonyms ("collarbone" is a part of...):

endoskeleton (the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates))

 Context examples 

A thin, flexible tube that is inserted into a vein in the upper arm, thigh, or neck or below the collarbone.

(Central venous access catheter, NCI Dictionary)

The breastbone is attached to the collarbone and the first seven ribs.

(Breastbone, NCI Dictionary)

Your thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in your neck, just above your collarbone.

(Hyperthyroidism, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

The junction of the upper distal end of the scapula to the distal edge of the collarbone, also known as the acromion and the clavicle.

(Acromioclavicular Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called collarbone.

(Clavicle, NCI Dictionary)