frontal bone
noun
Simple meaning
The large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
fruhntuhlbohnSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈfɹʌntəlˈboʊn
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
anatomy
The large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
anatomy
The bone which forms the front part of the skull and the upper part of the eye sockets and nasal cavity.
anatomy
Either of the pair of bones from which the frontal bone is formed by fusion in infancy.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: The large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
Used this way, frontal bone is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a clinical use: it belongs to medical description, where it is factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Medicine/healthcare
- Science
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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