ACETABULUM - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint

Categories: Socket

Synonyms

Cotyloid cavity, Acetabulum

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➡️ Words that Start with AC

Accretions Accuse Acyclic Accoucheuse Acrylates Acoustics Accord Acceded Achromatic Actinozoa Acetylene Acetabulums

Words that End with UM ⬅️

Beldum Meganium Smoochum Tyrantrum Humdrum Hydnum Hydrargyrum Hydrophyllum Hymenium Hymenophyllum Hypanthium Hypericum