sternum
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- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
/ˈstɜː.nəm/
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/ˈstɜː.nəm/ · /ˈstɝ.nəm/
Definition of sternum
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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The breastbone, consisting of the manubrium, gladiolus, and xiphoid process.
“The neckline fell into a V, showing the bone of his sternum.”
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noun
-
The breastbone, consisting of the manubrium, gladiolus, and xiphoid process.
“The neckline fell into a V, showing the bone of his sternum.”
- The sclerotized ventral plate of spiders, between the coxae, marking the floor of the cephalothorax.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin sternum, related to Old English steorn (“forehead”), German Stirn (“forehead”).
Words you can make from sternum
130 playable · top: MUNSTER (9 pts)
Best play munster 9 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
24 words4-letter words
47 words- EMUS 6 pts
- MENU 6 pts
- MUNS 6 pts
- MURE 6 pts
- MUSE 6 pts
- MUST 6 pts
- MUTE 6 pts
- MUTS 6 pts
- NEUM 6 pts
- REMS 6 pts
- RUMS 6 pts
- SMUT 6 pts
- STEM 6 pts
- STUM 6 pts
- TERM 6 pts
- TREM 6 pts
- TUMS 6 pts
- ERNS 4 pts
- ERST 4 pts
- NEST 4 pts
- NETS 4 pts
- NUTS 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- REST 4 pts
- RETS 4 pts
- RUES 4 pts
- RUNE 4 pts
- RUNS 4 pts
- RUNT 4 pts
- RUSE 4 pts
- RUST 4 pts
- RUTS 4 pts
- SENT 4 pts
- STUN 4 pts
- SUER 4 pts
- SUET 4 pts
- SURE 4 pts
- TENS 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
- TRES 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
- TUNE 4 pts
- TUNS 4 pts
- TURN 4 pts
- URNS 4 pts
- USER 4 pts
- UTES 4 pts
3-letter words
38 words- EMS 5 pts
- EMU 5 pts
- MEN 5 pts
- MES 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- MUN 5 pts
- MUS 5 pts
- MUT 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- RUM 5 pts
- SUM 5 pts
- TUM 5 pts
- UMS 5 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NUS 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUN 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- SUN 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- UNS 3 pts
- URN 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
- UTS 3 pts
2-letter words
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