Meaning

2 senses
  1. A bone shaped like an elongated barbell.

  2. (attributive, figuratively, often)Any object with such a shape.

    a dogbone wrench

    a dogbone in addition to the lower motor mounts

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: dogbones

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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