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fishbone

/ˈfɪʃboʊn/

Meanings
noun
A bone from a fish.

Examples :

"He choked on a fishbone."
fish body part

Related Words

Illustration he

he noun

/hi/ /heɪː/

The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".

"The children playing tag chose "he" to be the person chasing them. "

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from preposition

/fɹɒm/ /fɹʌm/

Used to indicate source or provenance.

"I got a letter from my brother."

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bone noun

/bəʉn/ /bɐʉn/ /bəʊn/ /ˈboʊn/

A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.

"My grandfather's bones are quite strong, considering his age. "

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choked verb

/tʃəʊkt/ /tʃoʊkt/

To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

"Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish."

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a noun

/æɪ/ /eɪ/ /ə/ /ɔ/

The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

"My teacher wrote the letter "a" on the board to demonstrate its shape. "

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on verb

/ɒn/ /ɔn/

To switch on

"Can you on the light?"

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fish noun

/fɪʃ/ /fɘʃ/

A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.

"Salmon is a fish."