Definitions for whalebone

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whalebone whale·bone

Spelling: [hweyl-bohn, weyl-]

IPA: /ˈʰweɪlˌboʊn, ˈweɪl-/

Whalebone is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 295 anagrams from letters in whalebone (abeehlnow).

Definitions for whalebone

noun

1. an elastic, horny substance growing in place of teeth in the upper jaw of certain whales, and forming a series of thin, parallel plates on each side of the palate; baleen.
2. a thin strip of this substance, for stiffening a corset.

Origin of whalebone

First recorded in 1175-1225; whale¹ + bone

Examples for whalebone

The suffragettes got us the vote and they did it in whalebone corsets.

The quality of the whalebone also differs in the different species.

But Miss Parker struck Nancy with a piece of whalebone, and hurt her a good deal.

No tight lacing; no casing in whalebone—nothing like a hoop.

In the south, too, hoop iron or whalebone is used for runner shoeing.

Lestiboudois went about the church with his whalebone stick.

A touch of the whalebone and she would balk—stop dead in her stride.

From it we get the whalebone, oil and also a fertilizer to help our farm crops to grow.

whalebone is very fibrous or stringy, and it splits very readily.

Name's Mervin; all whipcord and whalebone; springy as a bent bow.