dogbone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bone shaped like an elongated barbell.
  2. Any object with such a shape.

Word forms

dogbone dogbones dog-bone

Etymology

From dog + bone. Evokes a bone to be given to a dog to chew on, rather the bone of a dog.

Related words

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