shin
Front leg bone
The shin is the front of the leg between the knee and ankle, or the bone (tibia) that runs along it.
This area is notably sensitive to impact—a kicked shin hurts disproportionately.
To shin up something is to climb it using arms and legs: He shinned up the drainpipe.
A shin of beef is a cut from the lower leg.
Rigid injury supports
- stress fractureMicroscopic bone crack from overuse
- contusionTissue damage beneath skin
- bruiseDiscolored tissue injury
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
pain · tenderness · inflammation · strain · soreness · recovery · bandage · ice
Protectors or watchmen
- padsCushioned protective layers
- soccerField sport with goals
- footballField sport with goals
- hockeyStick-and-goal sport
kickboxing · cleats · protection · blocked · kicked · tackle · foul · contact
Measure of relative size
Fried fat residue
- plateFlat dish for food
- guardsProtectors or watchmen
- padsCushioned protective layers
- protectionGuarding against harm
medieval · knight · metal · strapped · buckled · dented · polished
Written symbol or message
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- twenty-firstOrdinal for 21
- symbolRepresentational mark or sign
- characterNature, symbol, or role
script · Jewish · Torah · calligraphy · three hundred
tibia
Main lower leg bone
bone · ankle · knee · splint · periosteum · muscle · tendon · skeletal · lower · extremity
splints
Rigid injury supports
- stress fractureMicroscopic bone crack from overuse
- contusionTissue damage beneath skin
- bruiseDiscolored tissue injury
swelling · pain · tenderness · inflammation · strain · soreness · recovery · bandage · ice · compression
guards
Protectors or watchmen
hockey · kickboxing · cleats · protection · blocked · kicked · tackle · foul · contact · bruised
scale
Measure of relative size
ascend · tree · rope · pole · wall · fence · grip · hoist · pull · scrape
greaves
Fried fat residue
protection · medieval · knight · metal · strapped · buckled · dented · polished
letter
Written symbol or message
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- twenty-firstOrdinal for 21
- symbolRepresentational mark or sign
character · script · Jewish · Torah · calligraphy · three hundred
- lower legankle, calf, tibia, fibula, calf muscle
- body partsarm, leg, hand, back, chest
- sh wordsshe, shake, shape, share, shark
- Meat Cutsribeye, t-bone, flank steak, skirt steak, short rib
- Hebrewaleph, bet, Modern Hebrew, ancient Hebrew, Hebrew alphabet
- body slangboobs, butt, tush, bum, rear