Words Like WHALEBONE
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1 Alternative Words Similar to whalebone
10 definitions of whalebone
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A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See baleen.
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a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
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The elastic, horny material forming the fringed plates that hang from the upper jaw of baleen whales and strain plankton from the water. Also called baleen.
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An object made of this material.
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The elastic horny substance which grows in place of teeth in the upper jaw of whales of the family Balænidæ (hence called whalebone or bone whales), forming a series of thin parallel plates from a few inches to several feet long; baleen (which see).
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Something made of whalebone or baleen; a piece of whalebone prepared for some regular use: as, the whalebones of a corset.
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In the middle ages, ivory from the narwhal, walrus, or other sea-creature, or supposed to be from such a source. See whale's bone, under whale, n.
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Made of or containing whalebone.
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The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that are used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets