wishbones in English
noun
1
a forked bone (the furcula) between the neck and breast of a bird. According to a popular custom, this bone from a cooked bird is broken by two people, with the holder of the longer portion being entitled to make a wish.
In Sue, the two shoulder blades seem to be joined by a very small, almost straight piece of bone, and this was supposed to suggest that this was a wishbone like a bird's.
2
an object of similar shape to a wishbone, in particular.
The F400 uses a pushrod design and all the wishbones are aerodynamically shaped.
noun
wishing bone
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1. New rear suspension. New wishbones.
2. Torque tubes, radius arms, wishbones and suspension arms
3. There are 20 nine-letter words containing B, H, N and W: BANDWIDTH Behowling BEWHORING WHOMBLING WISHBONES WORKBENCH
4. The fully adjustable front and rear suspension features bespoke lightweight components, including aluminium uprights, double wishbones and two-way adjustable dampers with Cyan hydraulics.