wishbone

Meaning of wishbone

noun
  1. a forked bone (the furcula) between the neck and breast of a bird. According to a popular custom, this bone from a cooked bird is broken by two people and the holder of the longer portion is then entitled to make a wish.
  2. a forked element in the suspension of a motor vehicle or aircraft, typically attached to a wheel at one end with the two arms hinged to the chassis.
    double wishbone suspension
  3. a boom in two halves which curve outwards around a sail and meet aft of it.

Information about wishbone

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of wishbone is: wishbones.
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Hyphenation of wishbone

wish-bone

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • wishbone is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with wishbone

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