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round bone

round bone

1 6.8
A bone that is roughly round in shape, often from animals
  • noun
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  • The x-ray revealed a fracture in the dog's round bone.

Examples

  • The butcher sold a round bone cut ideal for making broth.

  • Veterinary students studied the structure of a round bone during anatomy class.

  • The dog has a round bone in its mouth.

  • Can you give me that round bone?

  • The veterinarian showed us the round bone from the dog's leg that was broken.

  • The archaeologist discovered a round bone that may have belonged to an ancient animal.

  • In anatomy class, we studied the structure of a round bone from a human skeleton.

Synonyms

bone
vsround bone
∞ 1.0

A hard part inside the body that forms the skeleton

is a specific roughly round piece of that skeletal tissue

Surface Forms

round bone singular
round bones plural

Morphology

round + bone

The meaning 'a bone that is approximately round in shape' is directly and transparently derived from combining the adjective 'round' (having a circular or spherical form) with the noun 'bone'. This simple adjective+noun compositional pattern is literal, cross-linguistically common, and fully predictable for learners who know both constituent words.

Etymology

Round bone comes from a simple picture: a bone that is clearly round, like a small ball. People who cut meat or study animals used the name for these ball-shaped bones, so today it means a bone 'approximately round in shape'.