whalebone
English
noun
Definitions
- The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that are used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets
Etymology
Compound from English whale + 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
- breakbone English
- breastbone English
- browbone English
- cheekbone English
- chickenboner English
- collarbone 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
- intrabone English
- jawbone English
- knitbone English
- knucklebone English
- landwhale English
- legbone English
- marrowbone English
- neckbone English
- nonbone English
- nonwhale English
- redbone English
- ridgebone English
- ringbone English
- sharebone English
- shinbone English
- shoulder bone English
- sidebone English
- skullbone English
- spadebone English
- tailbone English
- thighbone English
- unbone English
- underbone English
- whale English
- whale-path English
- whale-road English
- whaleback English
- whalebird English
- whaleboat English
- whaleboned English
- whaleboning English
- whaleburger English
- whalecraft English
- whalefall English
- whalefeed English
- whalefish English
- whaleish English
- whalelike English
- whaleling English
- whalelore English
- whaleman English
- whalemeat English
- whaler English
- whalery English
- whaleship English
- whaleshit English
- whalesong English
- whalespeak English
- whalesucker English
- whalewatcher English
- whalewatching English
- wishbone English
- wristbone English
- yellow bone English
- bon Middle English
- whale Middle English
- व्हेल Hindi
- ह्वेल Hindi
- ဝေလငါး Burmese
- bom Volapük
- bun Tok Pisin
- bon Torres Strait Creole
- bony
- bone
- whale
- boner
- whaler
- unbone
- debone
- earbone
- jawbone
- redbone
- whalery
- boneset
- armbone
- dogbone
- hambone
- legbone
- bonelet
- bonedog
- bonebed
- bonable
- nonbone
- bonfire
- sidebone
- bonefish
- tailbone
- whaleish
- neckbone
- wishbone
- nonwhale
- knitbone
- footbone
- heelbone
- boneless
- barebone
- browbone
- whaleman
- boneache
- boneseed
- bonehead
- bonelike
- shinbone
- backbone
- boneyard
- ringbone
- fishbone
- bonedome
- anklebone
- whalemeat
- thighbone
- intrabone
- landwhale
- greenbone
- whalefish
- whalelike
- skullbone
- whalesong
- bonehouse
- whalebird
- spadebone
- wristbone
- whalefall
- whalefeed
- sharebone
- cheekbone
- whaleshit
- underbone
- whaleback
- whaleship
- whaleling
- whaleboat
- bladebone
- breakbone
- whalelore
- ridgebone
- boneseeker
- whale-path
- boneheaded
- breastbone
- bonefolder
- collarbone
- whale-road
- marrowbone
- bonedigger
- bonesetter
- boneshaker
- whalecraft
- whalespeak
- cuttlebone
- whaleboned
- dragonbone
- fingerbone
- whalesucker
- herringbone
- featherbone
- whaleburger
- whaleboning
- boneshaking
- bonesetting
- bonejarring
- yellow bone
- knucklebone
- whalewatcher
- chickenboner
- shoulder bone
- whalewatching