acetabula

Meaning of acetabula

plural noun
  1. the socket of the hip bone, into which the head of the femur fits.
  2. any cup-shaped structure, especially a sucker.

late Middle English (denoting a vinegar cup, hence a cup-shaped cavity): from Latin, from acetum ‘vinegar’ + -abulum, denoting a container.

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  • It is a name.
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Hyphenation of acetabula

ac-etab-ula

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • acetabula is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with acetabula

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