shank, n.
(shanks)
(shanks)
a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
<noun.act>
shank
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
<noun.animal>
cannon shank
semantic pointers
part holonym
hypernym
part meronym
the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
<noun.artifact>
shank waist
cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
<noun.artifact>
shank
cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
<noun.artifact>
shank
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
shank stem
semantic pointers
part holonym
hypernym
the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
<noun.body>
shank
a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
<noun.food>
shank