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• thigh — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fat, flabby, huge, thick (AmE) ▪ muscular, powerful, strong, sturdy ▪ firm …   Collocations dictionary

• thigh — [ θaı ] noun count ** 1. ) the top part of your leg, above your knee 2. ) the upper part of the leg of a bird, eaten as food: chicken thighs …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Thigh bone — The thigh bone in anatomy is called the femur. Whichever term you care to use thigh bone or femur, it is the bone in the leg that extends from the hip to the knee. The thigh bone/femur constitutes the upper leg, that part of the leg above the… …   Medical dictionary

• thigh boot — noun a very high boot; used especially for fishing • Syn: ↑hip boot • Hypernyms: ↑boot • Hyponyms: ↑waders * * * noun : a boot whose upper part covers the thigh * * * thigh boo …   Useful english dictionary

• Upper leg — The upper leg is the superior (top) segment of the leg: the part above the knee. As compared to the lower leg which boasts two bones (the tibia and the fibula), the upper leg has only one bone: the femur but a very large bone it is, the largest… …   Medical dictionary

• thigh */*/ — UK [θaɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms thigh : singular thigh plural thighs 1) the top part of your leg, above your knee 2) the upper part of the leg of a bird, eaten as food chicken thighs …   English dictionary

• Upper limb — In human anatomy, the upper limb (also upper extremity) refers to what in common English is known as the arm , that is, the region of the shoulder to the fingertips. It includes the entire limb, and thus, is not synonymous with the term upper arm …   Wikipedia

• upper — adj. Upper is used with these nouns: ↑arm, ↑atmosphere, ↑back, ↑berth, ↑body, ↑bracket, ↑chamber, ↑chest, ↑circle, ↑class, ↑corner, ↑deck, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• thigh — noun /θaɪ/ The upper leg, between the hip and the knee …   Wiktionary

• thigh — θaɪ n. upper section of the leg between the knee and the hip …   English contemporary dictionary

• thigh·bone — /ˈθaıˌboʊn/ noun, pl bones [count] : the long bone in the upper part of the leg : ↑femur …   Useful english dictionary