umbo
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 4
/ˈʌm.bəʊ/
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/ˈʌm.bəʊ/ · /ˈʌm.boʊ/
Definition of umbo
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(historical)The boss of a shield, at or near the middle and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.
“It is thirteen inches diameter, made of wood covered with leather, and an iron plate decorated with nails and mouldings; the boss or umbo projects four inches.”
“serves as the umbo of the region’s so-called Silicon Shield”
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noun
-
(historical)The boss of a shield, at or near the middle and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.
“It is thirteen inches diameter, made of wood covered with leather, and an iron plate decorated with nails and mouldings; the boss or umbo projects four inches.”
“serves as the umbo of the region’s so-called Silicon Shield”
- A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane.
- A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane.
- A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin umbō (“a shield boss”). Doublet of umbone.
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