"Shank" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Shank" Meaning

A thin, tapering piece of bone at the end of the leg, especially of a bird, esp. as it supports the foot or becomes the leg of a mechanical device.

"Shank" Examples

Examples of "Shank"

Food

A pigeon has found a tasty shank bone on the park ground.
He grilled a beef shank in the fire pit last night.
This dish is a cabbage shank with carrot sauce.

Medical

After the surgery, my foot was wrapped in a shank immobilizer.
The doctor suggested elevating the nasty cut on his leg shank.
I gently tied the bandage on his shank lower back.

Anatomy

A tramp kept hitting his back shank against the rocky ground.

Sports

Mary cleared her neighbor's shot in the shank that saved a sure-point game.
Mary's hit drifting shot missed to the left side of the golf shank.
Bryant hit the knee in the wooden shank on the baseball field.

Object

I used a golf shank made of wood while walking on the greens.