collarbone
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ərˌboʊn
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Collarbone
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
collarbone col·lar·bone (kŏl'ər-bōn')
n.
See clavicle.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
| collarbone (kŏl'ər-bōn') Pronunciation Key
See clavicle. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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collarbone
curved anterior bone of the shoulder (pectoral) girdle in vertebrates; it functions as a strut to support the shoulder
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Example sentences
They ran a wire to another device, inserted under the skin of his collarbone, that generated pulses of electrical current.
Shift the fingers slightly over, slightly overlapping the previously checked region, and work upward back to the collarbone.
That's the big blood vessel underneath the clavicle, or collarbone.
The chain straps of the dress were as light as paper clips against her collarbone.
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