Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The clavicle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Anat.) The clavicle, a bone linking the scapula and sternum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The bone joining the
shoulder and thebreastbone .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun bone linking the scapula and sternum
Etymologies
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Examples
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Losing quarterback Tony Romo to a broken collarbone is going to replace a passer with a career 7.4 net YPA with one with 5.0 net YPA.
Statistical analysis: DeAngelo Hall plays the hero, and other notes Brian Burke 2010
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Kitna, who's 38, came on Monday night when Tony Romo broke his clavicle (he's expected to be out 6-8 weeks; he'll have a CT scan today to determine whether surgery on the collarbone is needed) and the results were decidedly mixed.
With Tony Romo out with broken clavicle, Jon Kitna controls Cowboys' future Cindy Boren 2010
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Making a shimmery evening dust to enhance your shoulders and collarbone is easy with a little bit of mica.
Anti-Talc - Day Four - Gold Mica & Mess Anne-Marie 2007
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Making a shimmery evening dust to enhance your shoulders and collarbone is easy with a little bit of mica.
Archive 2007-11-01 Anne-Marie 2007
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New Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson, shown with commissioner Roger Goodell after the Vikings selected him at No. 7, says his collarbone is 90% healed from last season's injury while at Oklahoma.
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I’ll go along with Deron on this: A good collarbone is an asset.
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When we look at fractures as a whole in cyclists, the collarbone is the most frequent bone to be broken.
Training Center: What cyclists should do when they break their collarbone 2011
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I'm just going to pull my shirt down a little bit here, the collarbone, which is this area right here, sometimes it impinges on your shoulder.
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Next, she taps on my collarbone, which is covered by Lycra from my one-piece suit.
Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007
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The collarbone is the most frequently broken bone during childbirth, and Sam had a pretty rough birth.
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