whalebone

noun

whale·​bone ˈ(h)wāl-ˌbōn 

1

: baleen

2

: an article made of whalebone

Examples of whalebone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The park is home to a collection of historic buildings, including California's First Theater, the oldest government building in the Golden State, and one of the nation’s last remaining whalebone sidewalks. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026

Their ancestors had carved a civilization out of the ice with tools made from whalebone and meteorite fragments. — Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026

By 1974, though, many women had already discarded those notions as instruments of domination, psychic equivalents of the whalebone corset. — James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025

The goal was to snag as many whales as possible, in pursuit of their highly valuable whale oil (extracted from blubber), sperm oil, and whalebone. — Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing whalebone

• whalebone whale

Kids Definition

whalebone

noun

whale·​bone -ˌbōn 

: baleen