whalebone
Plural: whalebones
Noun
- a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
- The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that are used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets
Origin / Etymology
From whale + bone.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 17
whalebone: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordwhalebone: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
whalebone: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 19
whalebone is a valid Words With Friends word