Definitions for cartilage

cartilage car·ti·lage

Spelling: [kahr-tl-ij, kahrt-lij]
IPA: /ˈkɑr tl ɪdʒ, ˈkɑrt lɪdʒ/

Cartilage is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 517 anagrams from letters in cartilage (aacegilrt).

Definitions for cartilage

noun

  1. a firm, elastic, flexible type of connective tissue of a translucent whitish or yellowish color; gristle.
  2. a part or structure composed of cartilage.

Origin of cartilage

1350-1400; Middle English (Middle French) Latin cartilāgō gristle

Examples for cartilage

A hole developed, which had actually been caused by a breaking of a band of cartilage at the front of his hip joint.

It was a bone, as large as a finger, passed through the cartilage.

"Let us see if he has as much courage as he has cartilage," said Mustapha.

It has gill-openings for breathing, and a cord of cartilage down its back.

Their teeth appeared to have been filed, and the cartilage of the nose pierced.

The nostrils open at the sides, and are separated by a wide piece of cartilage.

Gelatine is obtained from the bones, cartilage, and skin of animals.

In the Monkeys and anthropoid Apes this cartilage is circular.

The supraoccipital is formed in cartilage above the exoccipitals.

cartilage in his left knee tore, and everything changed for both Webber and the Kings.

Word Value for cartilage
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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