shinbone


Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

shin·bone

 (shĭn′bōn′)
n.
See tibia.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

shinbone

(ˈʃɪnˌbəʊn)
n
(Anatomy) the nontechnical name for tibia1
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

shin•bone

(ˈʃɪnˌboʊn)

n.
the tibia.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English scinbān]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

shin·bone

(shĭn′bōn′)
See tibia.
The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.shinbone - the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankleshinbone - the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
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
leg bone - a bone of the leg
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

shinbone

noun
Related words
technical name tibia
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
skinneben
tibio
sääriluu
sípcsont
skenben

shinbone

[ˈʃɪnbəʊn] Ntibia f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shinbone

nSchienbein nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

shinbone

[ˈʃɪnˌbəʊn] ntibia
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

shinbone

n. espinilla, borde anterior de la tibia.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

shinbone

n tibia (form), espinilla, canilla
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
References in classic literature ?
So we go, who file old jaws and shinbones. Let's try another.
His were the shinbones of the saline beef; his would have been the drumsticks.
Out of the horns of the cattle they made combs, buttons, hairpins, and imitation ivory; out of the shinbones and other big bones they cut knife and toothbrush handles, and mouthpieces for pipes; out of the hoofs they cut hairpins and buttons, before they made the rest into glue.
During the procedure, the surgeon removes the cartilage between the tibia (shinbone) and talus (one of the ankle bones) and then fuses the bones together using metal rods, screws, or plates.
Cameraman Pierre Jermaine Joseph, 32, fractured a shinbone and knee, and Katie Wells, 19, fractured her pelvis.
A low kick is a kick in which the attacker uses his or her leg to strike the opponent's lower body (thigh or calf) with the shinbone or foot.
This happens because the boot, which protects your forefoot by preventing you from lifting your heel, forces you to walk flat-footed, with the boot pressing against the front of your shinbone. The only way to confirm the bruise is with an MRI.
The mechanic, Francesco Cigarini, suffered a fractured shinbone and fibula on his left leg after being struck by Raikkonen, who was given the signal to go before the vehicle's left rear tyre had been replaced .
On Sunday, Scuderia Ferrari tweeted that the mechanic had suffered"apparently a shinbone and fibula fracture" during the Bahrain Grand Prix.
A drugged-up thug who "calmly" plunged a knife into his own mum's shinbone can have no complaints about his 10-year sentence, judges ruled.