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T-bone¹

  • /ˈtiːbəʊn/ UK

Where it comes from

Elliptical form of T-bone steak.

noun T-bones · t-bone

  1. A T-bone steak. The barbecue was over. It had been a good one; drinks, charcoaled T-bones, rare, a green salad and Meg's special dressing.

T-bone²

  • /ˈtiːbəʊn/ UK

Where it comes from

From the ⊤ shape produced by the vehicles involved in such a collision, with allusion to T-bone ¹.

verb T-bones · T-boning · T-boned · t-bone

  1. Canada, US, slang, transitive, of a motor vehicle To collide perpendicularly with the side of another vehicle. Holmes, who was a lap ahead and in 6th spot, couldn’t avoid T-boning him and in the coming together they were both out.

noun T-bones · t-bone

  1. A vehicular collision of this kind.

t-bone³

noun t-bones

  1. alternative Alternative form of T-bone

t-bone⁴

verb t-bones · t-boning · t-boned

  1. alternative Alternative form of T-bone

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verb Translations

中文側撞 /侧撞 cèzhuàng

noun Translations

中文側撞 /侧撞 cèzhuàng

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"t-bone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/t-bone. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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t-bone. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/t-bone

Chicago

"t-bone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/t-bone.

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@misc{t_bone_2026,
  title = {t-bone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/t-bone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}