os

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Meaning

  1. bone
  2. (informal) snag, hitch

Concepts

bone

bones

eye bone

fly in the ointment

os

cheekbone

skeleton

meat on bone

hipbone

pubis bone

pelvis

thin

skinny

stone

back

rear

esker

mastoid

long bone

hip

collarbone

Esker

OS

pit

seed

debone

bone up

cram

drum

get up

grind away

mug up

swot

swot up

ivory

off-white

pearl

Os

atomic number 76

osmium

osseous tissue

mesenchyme

skull

Frequency

B1
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɔs/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French os, from Old French os, from Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst.

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