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Meaning of Clavicle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈklæv.ɪk.əl

Definitions

The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
The upper part of a spiral shell.
obsolete

Equivalents

Afrikaans sleutelbeen

العربية ترقوة عظم الترقوة

Català clavícula

Čeština klíček klíční kost

Dansk kraveben nøgleben

Deutsch Klavikel Klavikula Schlüsselbein

Ελληνικά κλείδα

Español clavícula

Suomi solisluu

Français clavicule

Gaeilge branra brád cnámh smiolgadáin dealrachán

Gàidhlig cnàimh an uga

Galego clavícula

हिन्दी हँसली

Magyar kulcscsont

Հայերեն անրակ

Íslenska viðbein

Italiano clavicola

日本語鎖骨

ქართული ლავიწი

Қазақша ашасүйек

한국어 빗장뼈 쇄골

Kurdî a a

Latina clavicula iugulum

Malagasy taolampanavy

Te Reo Māori ā

Македонски клучна коска

Bahasa Melayu tulang cenak tulang selangka

မြန်မာဘာသာ ညှပ်ရိုး

Nederlands sleutelbeen

Polski obojczyk

Português clavícula

Română claviculă

Русский ключица

Svenska nyckelben

తెలుగు జత్రుక జత్రువు

ไทย กระดูกไหปลาร้า

Tagalog balagat

Türkçe köprücük kemiği

Українська ключиця

Tiếng Việt xương đòn xương quai xanh

Examples

“Mr. Trump then used his free hand to lunge towards Bobby Engel, and, when Mr. Ornato had recounted the story to me, he had motioned towards his clavicles.”

“And you worked a lot too. You were thin from biking around all day; your protruding clavicles collected rainwater.”

“The Voluta is a ſimple ſhell, having no hinge, formed of one piece, and of a figure approaching to conic, but short; the clavicle being uſually depreſſed, in all very ſhort: the mouth is long, perpendicular, and narrow: the animal inhabiting this ſhell is a limax.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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