wishbones

Meaning of wishbones

plural 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 wishbones

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

wish-bones

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • wishbones is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with wishbones

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