"breakbone" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more breakbone [comparative], most breakbone [superlative]
Etymology: break + bone Etymology templates: {{compound|en|break|bone}} break + bone Head templates: {{en-adj}} breakbone (comparative more breakbone, superlative most breakbone)
  1. Violent; rough and painful.
    Sense id: en-breakbone-en-adj-tl6s~k9v Categories (other): English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 23 42 35

Noun [English]

Forms: breakbones [plural]
Etymology: break + bone Etymology templates: {{compound|en|break|bone}} break + bone Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} breakbone (countable and uncountable, plural breakbones)
  1. (pathology, uncountable) dengue fever Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Diseases, Vector-borne diseases, Viral diseases Synonyms (dengue fever): breakbone fever
    Sense id: en-breakbone-en-noun-KeuCF9R7 Disambiguation of Vector-borne diseases: 31 66 3 Disambiguation of Viral diseases: 35 62 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 85 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 90 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 90 7 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 23 42 35 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'dengue fever': 99 1
  2. (US dialect, countable) A chicken's wishbone. Tags: US, countable, dialectal
    Sense id: en-breakbone-en-noun-CKoTf7OF Categories (other): American English, English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 23 42 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: breaking bone, furcula, lucky bone merrythought, pull bone, pulleybone, pulling bone, wishing bone

Inflected forms

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