jawbone
English
noun
Definitions
- The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
- Any of the bones in the lower or upper jaw.
- (singular or plural) A shaken musical instrument (an idiophone) made from the jawbone of an animal and shaken such that the teeth vibrate in their sockets to produce sound.
Etymology
Compound from English jaw + English bone.
Origin
English
bone
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anklebone English
- armbone English
- backbone English
- barebone English
- bladebone English
- bonable English
- bone English
- boneache English
- bonebed English
- bonedigger English
- bonedog English
- bonedome English
- bonefish English
- bonefolder English
- bonehead English
- boneheaded English
- bonehouse English
- bonejarring English
- boneless English
- bonelet English
- bonelike English
- boner English
- boneseed English
- boneseeker English
- boneset English
- bonesetter English
- bonesetting English
- boneshaker English
- boneshaking English
- boneyard English
- bonfire English
- bony English
- bottle jaw English
- breakbone English
- breastbone English
- browbone English
- cheekbone English
- chickenboner English
- collarbone English
- crackjaw English
- cuttlebone English
- debone English
- dogbone English
- dragonbone English
- earbone English
- featherbone English
- fingerbone English
- fishbone English
- footbone English
- greenbone English
- hambone English
- heelbone English
- herringbone English
- hog jaw English
- intrabone English
- jaw English
- jaw-hole English
- jaw-twister English
- jawblock English
- jawboneist English
- jawboner English
- jawbonist English
- jawbox English
- jawbreaker English
- jawbreaking English
- jawfall English
- jawfallen English
- jawfish English
- jawfoot English
- jawless English
- jawlike English
- jawline English
- jawsmith English
- jawy English
- knifejaw English
- knitbone English
- knucklebone English
- legbone English
- lockjaw English
- loosejaw English
- marrowbone English
- neckbone English
- nonbone English
- redbone English
- ridgebone English
- ringbone English
- sharebone English
- shinbone English
- shoulder bone English
- sidebone English
- skullbone English
- spadebone English
- tailbone English
- thighbone English
- trap-jaw ant English
- unbone English
- underbone English
- underjaw English
- whalebone English
- wishbone English
- wristbone English
- yellow bone English
- bon Middle English
- jawe Middle English
- bom Volapük
- bun Tok Pisin
- bon Torres Strait Creole
- zo Torres Strait Creole
- jaw
- bony
- bone
- jawy
- boner
- unbone
- debone
- jawbox
- lockjaw
- jawless
- hog jaw
- earbone
- redbone
- jawfoot
- jawlike
- jawline
- jawfall
- boneset
- armbone
- dogbone
- hambone
- legbone
- bonelet
- bonedog
- bonebed
- bonable
- nonbone
- bonfire
- jawfish
- jawblock
- sidebone
- jawsmith
- bonefish
- tailbone
- underjaw
- neckbone
- wishbone
- jawboner
- knitbone
- footbone
- heelbone
- knifejaw
- boneless
- barebone
- jaw-hole
- browbone
- boneache
- boneseed
- bonehead
- bonelike
- shinbone
- crackjaw
- loosejaw
- backbone
- boneyard
- ringbone
- fishbone
- bonedome
- whalebone
- anklebone
- thighbone
- intrabone
- greenbone
- jawbonist
- skullbone
- bonehouse
- spadebone
- wristbone
- sharebone
- cheekbone
- underbone
- bladebone
- breakbone
- jawfallen
- ridgebone
- boneseeker
- jawbreaker
- boneheaded
- breastbone
- bonefolder
- bottle jaw
- collarbone
- marrowbone
- bonedigger
- bonesetter
- boneshaker
- cuttlebone
- dragonbone
- jawboneist
- fingerbone
- herringbone
- featherbone
- boneshaking
- bonesetting
- bonejarring
- yellow bone
- jawbreaking
- knucklebone
- jaw-twister
- chickenboner
- trap-jaw ant
- shoulder bone