SHIN BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shin bone mean? 

• SHIN BONE (noun)
  The noun SHIN BONE has 2 senses:

1. a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg

2. the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

  Familiarity information: SHIN BONE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIN BONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cut of meat from the lower part of the leg

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

shin; shin bone

Hypernyms ("shin bone" is a kind of...):

cut; cut of meat (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

shin; shin bone; shinbone; tibia

Hypernyms ("shin bone" is a kind of...):

leg bone (a bone of the leg)

Holonyms ("shin bone" is a part of...):

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)

 Context examples 

The oil rendered from the shin bones and feet of cattle.

(Neatsfoot Oil, NCI Thesaurus)