different between elbow vs clarinet

English

Etymology

From Middle English elbowe, from Old English elboga, elnboga (“elbow”), from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô (“elbow”), equivalent to ell +? bow. Cognate with Scots elbuck (“elbow”), Saterland Frisian Älbooge (“elbow”), Dutch elleboog (“elbow”), Low German Ellebage (“elbow”), German Ellbogen, Ellenbogen (“elbow”), Danish albue (“elbow”), Icelandic olbogi, olnbogi (“elbow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??l.b??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.bo?/, /??l.bo?/

Noun

elbow (plural elbows)

2. (anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.

   Synonym: elbow joint

3. (by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

4. (US, dated, early 20th-century slang) A detective.
5. (basketball) Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.
6. A hit with the elbow.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

elbow (third-person singular simple present elbows, present participle elbowing, simple past and past participle elbowed)

1. (transitive) To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist.
2. (transitive, by extension) To nudge, jostle or push.

Derived terms

• elbower

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Parts of the knot

References

Anagrams

• Below, Blowe, Lebow, below, blowe, bowel, bowle

Middle English

Noun

elbow

1. Alternative form of elbowe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian clarinetto, diminutive of clarino (“trumpet”) (as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet).

Alternatively, the word may come from French clarinette, diminutive form of clarine (“bell”), from clarin, from clair (“clear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klæ???n?t/, /?kl????n?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

clarinet (plural clarinets)

1. (music) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).

   Synonym: agony-pipe

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• chalumeau

Anagrams

• INTERCAL, litracen

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kl?.?i?n?t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kl?.?i?n?t/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kla.?i?net/

Noun

clarinet m (plural clarinets)

1. clarinet

Friulian

Noun

clarinet m (plural clarinets)

1. clarinet

Romanian

Noun

clarinet n (plural clarinete)

1. (music) clarinet

Synonyms

• clarinet?