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UK
/hˈɪpbəʊn/
]
[ US /ˈhɪpˈboʊn/ ]
[ US /ˈhɪpˈboʊn/ ]
NOUN
- large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis
How To Use hipbone In A Sentence
- No bulging rib cages, no collar bones out to here, no sunken eyes or bizarre hipbone bulges.
- I've seen a man carve the excess wood off a figure's hipbone, while others wait patiently on an assembly line.
- My nameplate was centred in a ribbon rosette like those worn in horse shows, pinned just above my bare right hipbone. Nour Akkad: Mad Men Fashion Report: Undergarments, Nighties, and Bunny Costumes
- One girl whose dress was slashed at the sides to expose a tattoo on her hipbone stopped the in-crowd in its tracks, Wells said.
- Bone marrow is removed from the bone (usually the hipbone) either by aspiration (suctioning a small amount through a hollow needle) or by biopsy (cutting out a small piece of bone marrow). Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Diagnosis and Treatment
- A typical woman by contrast has a hipbone wider than her ribcage . Here's Brienne
- Objectives: To investigate the relationship between lifestyle and hipbone mineral density (HBMD) in women.
- She was lying flat on her back, her angular hipbones further reproaching Moira's éclair. AN OLDER WOMAN
- My flexors (that join at the front of the thigh from hipbone down) were killing me by the end of the two hours. Meanderings of a Long Weekend « Colleen Anderson
- It opens just enough to bury me hipbone and ankle deep in soft, cool beige. Johnny Mercer's Pier