Words Containing Chine
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Definition of chine
- n. - A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin
Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep.
- n. - The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.
- n. - A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining
parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.]
- n. - The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting
ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
- v. t. - To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
- v. t. - Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..
Syllable Information
The word chine is a 5 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for chine is: chine