dogbone
noun
dogbone is spelled D-O-G-B-O-N-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dogbone means “A bone shaped like an elongated barbell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dogbone is dogbones.
How many letters and syllables are in dogbone?
| Letters | 7: D-O-G-B-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 87 million words; the 297,763rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dogbone?
Dogbone appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of dogbone
- dogbones plural
- dog-bone
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dogbone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A bone shaped like an elongated barbell.
- 2
Any object with such a shape.
a dogbone wrench
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dogbone come from?
From dog + bone. Evokes a bone to be given to a dog to chew on, rather the bone of a dog.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).