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  • noun anatomy The bone of the heel; the calcaneus.

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  • noun the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel

Etymologies

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heel +‎ bone

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Examples

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  • I broke my heelbone in mid-july ... needed screws, plates, the works.

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  • (essentially shoe inserts) such as heel pads to change the angle between the heelbone and the plantar fascia.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • ` lime '— the substance, not the fruit — and ` heelbone.'

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XXIII No 4 1998

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