English Explanatory Dictionary

ridgebone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The backbone or spine.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɪd͡ʒbəʊn/

Word forms

ridgebone ridgebones ridge-bone

Etymology

From Middle English rygge-bone, rigbone, from Old English hryċġbān (“backbone; spine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hruggjabain, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjabainą (“backbone”); equivalent to ridge (“the back”) + bone.

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