fishbone

F4I1S1H4B3O1N1E1

noun

A bone from a fish.

“He choked on a fishbone.”

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Meanings

nounfishbone (plural fishbones)

plural fishbones

  1. A bone from a fish.

    He choked on a fishbone.

  2. attributivefigurativelySomething with an appearance or structure suggestive of a fish's skeleton.

    a faint fishbone pattern etched across the glass

Origin

From fish + bone.

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Translations

Bulgarian рибна кост
  • рибна кост (ribna kost)bone of a fish
Catalan espina, espina de peix
  • espinabone of a fish
  • espina de peixbone of a fish
Chinese Cantonese 魚骨 /鱼骨
  • 魚骨 /鱼骨 (jyu⁴ gwat¹)bone of a fish
Chinese Mandarin 魚骨 /鱼骨, 魚刺 /鱼刺
  • 魚骨 /鱼骨 (yúgǔ)bone of a fish
  • 魚刺 /鱼刺 (yúcì)bone of a fish
Czech rybí kost
  • rybí kostbone of a fish
Danish fiskeben
  • fiskebenbone of a fish
Dutch graat
  • graatbone of a fish
Esperanto fiŝosto
  • fiŝostobone of a fish
Estonian luu
  • luubone of a fish
Finnish kalanruoto, ruodot
  • kalanruotobone of a fish
  • ruodotbone of a fish
French arête, arête de poisson
  • arêtebone of a fish
  • arête de poissonbone of a fish
German Gräte, Fischgräte
  • Grätebone of a fish
  • Fischgrätebone of a fish
Greek ψαροκόκαλο
  • ψαροκόκαλο (psarokókalo)bone of a fish
Hebrew אִדְרָה
  • אִדְרָה (idrá)bone of a fish
Hungarian szálka
  • szálkabone of a fish
Italian lisca, lisca di pesce
  • liscabone of a fish
  • lisca di pescebone of a fish
  • spinabone of a fish
  • spina di pescebone of a fish
Latvian asaka
  • asakabone of a fish
Norwegian fiskebein
  • fiskebeinbone of a fish
Polish ość
  • ośćbone of a fish
Portuguese espinha, espinha de peixe
  • espinhabone of a fish
  • espinha de peixebone of a fish
Punjabi ਮੱਛੀਕੰਡਾ
  • ਮੱਛੀਕੰਡਾ (macchīkaṇḍā)bone of a fish
Romanian os de pește
  • os de peștebone of a fish
Russian ры́бья кость, косточка
  • ры́бья кость (rýbʹja kostʹ)bone of a fish
  • косточка (kostočka)bone of a fish
Spanish espina, espina del pescado
  • espinabone of a fish
  • espina del pescadobone of a fish
Swedish fiskben
  • fiskbenbone of a fish
Thai ก้าง
  • ก้าง (gâang)bone of a fish
Turkish kılçık
  • kılçıkbone of a fish
Ukrainian риб'яча кістка
  • риб'яча кістка (rybʺjača kistka)bone of a fish
Vietnamese xương cá
  • xương cábone of a fish
Welsh asgwrn pysgod
  • asgwrn pysgodbone of a fish
Yiddish ביינדל, פֿישביינדל
  • ביינדל (beyndl)bone of a fish
  • פֿישביינדל (fishbeyndl)bone of a fish

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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Chicago

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