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  1. noun
    cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

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  2. noun
    lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

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  3. noun
    the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole

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  4. noun
    a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
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  5. noun
    a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
  6. noun
    cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
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  7. noun
    cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
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  8. verb
    hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
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    hit
  9. noun
    the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
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Definition that contains shank
  • screw a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head
  • calf the muscular back part of the shank
  • sura the muscular back part of the shank
  • half sole shoe sole extending from the shank to the toe
  • cannon bone greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals
  • round steak a lean cut of beef from between the rump and the shank
  • screw eye a woodscrew having its shank bent into a ring
  • carriage bolt a roundheaded bolt for timber; threaded along part of the shank; inserted into holes already drilled
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