How do you use Whalebone in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like baleen or horn, plus the exact meaning.
Whalebone in a sentence
Whalebone meaning
The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that is used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets
Using Whalebone
- The main meaning on this page is: The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that is used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets
- Useful related words include: baleen, horn.
Context around Whalebone
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Whalebone
- In this selection, "whalebone" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, measure, corsets and cove stand out and add context to how "whalebone" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of a whalebone and sits on whalebone cove on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "whalebone" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with whalebone
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It sits on Whalebone Cove, on a rural estuary of the Connecticut River. (13 words)
A whale has eaten Captain Ahab’s leg; and Ahab has the ship carpenter fashion a prosthesis out of a whalebone. (21 words)
She specialised in made-to-measure whalebone corsets, working from her shop at 59 High Town Road in Luton between the wars. (22 words)
She specialised in made-to-measure whalebone corsets, working from her shop at 59 High Town Road in Luton between the wars. (22 words)
A whale has eaten Captain Ahab’s leg; and Ahab has the ship carpenter fashion a prosthesis out of a whalebone. (21 words)
It sits on Whalebone Cove, on a rural estuary of the Connecticut River. (13 words)
Example sentences (3)
She specialised in made-to-measure whalebone corsets, working from her shop at 59 High Town Road in Luton between the wars.
A whale has eaten Captain Ahab’s leg; and Ahab has the ship carpenter fashion a prosthesis out of a whalebone.
It sits on Whalebone Cove, on a rural estuary of the Connecticut River.