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# wishbone

noun (a wishbone, wishbones)

«wishbone» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A wishbone is a forked V-shaped bone between the neck and breast of a chicken, turkey or other bird. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wishbone/#m1)
2. It is used in a game where two people pull it and the one who gets the bigger piece makes a wish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wishbone/#m2)

### In the lessons

At Christmas or Thanksgiving dinners, children pull the turkey wishbone and make a wish. In science, the wishbone (furcula) helps birds fly. It is a custom and a game, not real magic.

### Examples

- We pulled the wishbone after Christmas dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wishbone/#x1)
- I got the bigger piece of the wishbone, so I made a wish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wishbone/#x2)
- Let the wishbone dry before you pull it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wishbone/#x3)
- The wishbone helps a bird's wings work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wishbone/#x4)
- My sister always wins the wishbone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wishbone/#x5)
- What did you wish for with the wishbone? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wishbone/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Wishing on a wishbone is a fun tradition; it does not really make wishes come true.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wishbone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wishbone/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wishbone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wishbone.html) on Mova free.