whalebone
/ˈweɪlbəʊn/noun
उच्चारण वेल्बोन
व्हेल की हड्डी (व्हेल के जबड़े से मिलने वाला लचीला कड़ा पदार्थ)
Core word
noun
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[U]
a hard, flexible material from the upper jaw of some types of whale, used in the past to make clothes such as corsets stiffer
व्हेल की हड्डी (व्हेल के जबड़े से मिलने वाला लचीला कड़ा पदार्थ)
- Nineteenth-century corsets were stiffened with whalebone.
- Antique fans had ribs made of whalebone, which gave them strength and shape.
Synonyms baleen