one of the pair of bones that go across the top of your chest from your shoulder to the bottom of your neck. A less technical name for this is the collarbone.
Synonyms and related words
Bones and joints in the body
ankle
backbone
ball-and-socket joint
clavicle
noun countable medical
US /ˈklævɪkl/
Word Forms
singular
clavicle
plural
clavicles
DEFINITIONS1
1
one of the pair of bones that go across the top of your chest from your shoulder to the bottom of your neck. A less technical name for this is the collarbone.