Just pull the wishbone apart while making a wish.
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Wishbone
/ˈwɪʃˌboʊn/
Synonyms for "wishbone" (55 found)
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4 entriesCollocations
5 entriesbroken wishbonethanksgiving traditionthanksgiving wishboneturkey wishbonewishbone tradition
Inflections
1 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 33 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- յատեզ noun (bird's bone)
Belarusian
2 entries- вілка noun (bird's bone)
- грудная костка noun (bird's bone)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ядец noun (bird's bone)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 叉骨 noun (bird's bone)
- 如願骨 /如愿骨 noun (bird's bone)
Chuvash
1 entries- йӗтес noun (bird's bone)
Danish
1 entries- ønskeben noun (bird's bone)
Dutch
1 entries- vorkbeen noun (bird's bone)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- келделу noun (bird's bone)
- ятас noun (bird's bone)
Esperanto
1 entries- forketo noun (bird's bone)
Finnish
2 entries- hankaluu noun (bird's bone)
- toivomusluu noun (bird's bone)
French
2 entries- fourchette noun (bird's bone)
- lunette noun (bird's bone)
German
1 entries- Gabelbein noun (bird's bone)
Greek
1 entries- γιάντες noun (bird's bone)
Hungarian
1 entries- villacsont noun (bird's bone)
Icelandic
2 entries- gleraugnabein noun (bird's bone)
- óskabein noun (bird's bone)
Italian
2 entries- forcella noun (bird's bone)
- forchetta noun (bird's bone)
Japanese
1 entries- 叉骨 noun (bird's bone)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- додь noun (bird's bone)
Macedonian
1 entries- јадец noun (bird's bone)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اوچرجاق noun (bird's bone)
Polish
1 entries- widełki noun (bird's bone)
Portuguese
2 entries- fúrcula noun (bird's bone)
- ossinho da sorte noun (bird's bone)
Romanian
1 entries- iadeș noun (bird's bone)
Russian
2 entries- ви́лочка noun (bird's bone)
- ду́жка noun (bird's bone)
Scots
2 entries- fortuin bane noun (bird's bone)
- thochtbane noun (bird's bone)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- jadac noun (bird's bone)
- lomilica noun (bird's bone)
- ломилица noun (bird's bone)
- јадац noun (bird's bone)
Spanish
1 entries- espoleta noun (bird's bone)
Swedish
2 entries- gaffelben noun (bird's bone)
- önskeben noun (bird's bone)
Tatar
1 entries- ядәч noun (bird's bone)
Udmurt
2 entries- эчешонлы noun (bird's bone)
- ӟатаслы noun (bird's bone)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ви́лочка noun (bird's bone)
Welsh
1 entries- asgwrn tynnu noun (bird's bone)
Western Mari
2 entries- вӹцӓш noun (bird's bone)
- йӓтӓс noun (bird's bone)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
In the hummingbird the wishbone is light and weak and so short that it does not come near the sternum.
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