bladebone C2+ Topic:Animals US /ˈbleɪdboʊn/ UK /ˈbleɪdbəʊn/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the shoulder blade or scapula, especially of an animal The cook trimmed the meat away from the bladebone. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the shoulder blade or... scapulashoulderblade Word family Related forms bladebone Etymology AI details A compound of blade (Old English blæd 'leaf, flat part') + bone (Old English bān), referring to the flat shoulder blade. blæd Old English bān Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Animals External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # bladebone **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbleɪdboʊn/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbleɪdbəʊn/ ## Meanings 1. the shoulder blade or scapula, especially of an animal ## Examples - The cook trimmed the meat away from the bladebone. ## Synonyms - scapula - shoulderblade ## Related Forms - blade - bone ## Roots and Affixes - Root: blæd - Root: bān ## Etymology A compound of blade (Old English blæd 'leaf, flat part') + bone (Old English bān), referring to the flat shoulder blade. ## AI Etymology Bladebone is a compound of blade (Old English blæd 'leaf, flat part') + bone (Old English bān), referring to the flat shoulder blade. The historical trail runs through blæd in Old English and bān in Old English. Morphologically, bladebone is transparent: it is a compound of blade (Old English blæd 'leaf, flat part') + bone (Old English bān), referring to the flat shoulder blade. Used as a noun, bladebone now means "the shoulder blade or scapula, especially of an animal", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as blade and bone. The modern word remains analyzable through its parts, which makes the semantic connection unusually direct. ## Topics - Animals markdown