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chine

Chine is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter C and ends with the letter E for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep.
(n.) The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.
(n.) A piece of the backbone of an animal with the adjoining parts cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.]
(n.) The edge or rim of a cask etc. formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
(v. t.) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.

Syllable Information

The word chine is a 5 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for chine is: chine


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