wishbone

Noun

Meaning

The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- called also merrythought, and wishing bone. See Merrythought, and Furculum.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

furcula merrythought wishing bone trident fork band fuze amulet branch bone stem boom breast fuse charm
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Antonyms

failure disturb part unsettle bad omen

Hypernyms

furcula

Phrases with the word

wishbone blue-eyed grass

Examples

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone. Robert Frost

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be. Elizabeth Gilbert

The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone. William J. H. Boetcker

We need a backbone, not a wishbone. Joyce Meyer

A new logo also appeared with the new era of baseball in 1972, when the team went away from the script "REDS" inside of the "C", instead, putting their mascot Mr. Redlegs in its place as well as putting the name of the team inside of the wishbone "C". Source: Internet

A new home cap was created that had a red bill and a white crown with red pinstripes and a red wishbone C insignia. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Wishart Wishart distribution Wishaw wishbone blue-eyed grass wishbone bush wishbone flower