knee

a joint in the middle part of the human leg that the articulation between the femur, tibia, and patella also the part of the leg that includes thjoint

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

knee

2 Phonemes

n E

onset, rime

kn ee

Morpheme

knee

Sentence Examples

I fell down and hurt my knee.

She suffered a serious knee injury.

His knees trembled with fear.

He got down on one knee and proposed to her.

His little granddaughter sat on his knee.

Her jeans had holes at the knees.

His attacker kneed him in the stomach.

Related Words

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Collocations

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