talus

Plural: tali, taluses

Noun

• The ankle bone that articulates with the leg bones.
• A slope of rock debris, typically at the base of a cliff.
• a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
• the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
• The bone of the ankle.
• A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
• The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.

Examples

• He knew TALUS from anatomy class, making it an easy word to play.
• The opponent’s scattered tiles resembled a TALUS of discarded letter-stones.

Synonyms

anklebone, astragal, astragalus, scree

Related Words

bone