Home › Words › L › legbonelegbonelegbone means A bone in the leg.EtymologyFrom leg + bone.nounA bone in the leg.e.g.“They looped ropes around the stiff legbones of the first cow and pulled her body toward the stoneboat, resting between spurts of hauling.” — 1984, Lois Phillips Hudson, The Bones of Plenty, page 204:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.shinbone 67% match — The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee vs legbone →bonelet 66% match — A little bone; an ossicle. vs legbone →anklebone 65% match — The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula. vs legbone →bowleg 64% match — A leg that curves outward at the knee. vs legbone →leggie 63% match — A leg (limb). vs legbone →tib 63% match — A tibia. vs legbone →heelbone 63% match — The bone of the heel; the calcaneus. vs legbone →tibiofibula 62% match — A bone, in some reptiles and amphibians, that is formed by fusion of the tibia and fibula vs legbone →