ligament

ligament is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond.
2. noun. A tough band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or fibrocartilage serving to unite bones or form joints.
3. noun. A band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which supports or retains an organ in place; as, the gastrophrenic ligament, connecting the diaphragm and stomach.
4. noun. any connection or unifying bond
5. noun. a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ligament:

metaling, tegminal

Common word forms

ligaments, ligamental, ligamentous

Words from these letters

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