Shinbone (Noun)
Meaning
The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The skier's shinbone was badly bruised after crashing into a tree on the slopes.
- The doctor carefully set the shinbone fracture and applied a cast to allow it to heal.
- If you don't wear proper padding, you can easily bruise your shinbone during a soccer game.
- After the accident, the X-ray revealed that the woman had a hairline fracture in her left shinbone.
- The shinbone connected to the knee joint, forming a joint between the tibia and femur.