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Definition of whalebone noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

whalebone

noun

/ˈweɪlbəʊn/

/ˈweɪlbəʊn/

[uncountable]

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a thin, hard substance found in the upper jaw of some types of whale, used in the past to make some clothes stiffer

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