patella

patella is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A small dish, pan, or vase. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A small dish, pan, or vase.
2. noun. The kneepan; the cap of the knee.
3. noun. A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is largely used for food.
4. noun. A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.
5. noun. type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets
6. noun. a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint

   Synonyms: kneecap, kneepan

Synonyms

kneecap, kneepan

Common word forms

patellas

Words from these letters

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