wishbone

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: wish=bone

CIDE DICTIONARY

wishbone, n. 

 The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- called also merrythought, and wishing bone. See Merrythought, and Furculum.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

wishbone, n.
1 a forked bone between the neck and breast of a cooked bird: when broken between two people the longer portion entitles the holder to make a wish.
2 an object of similar shape.

THESAURUS

wishbone

Tarnkappe, V, branch, breast, cap of darkness, chicken foot, crotch, crutch, dark meat, delta, drumstick, fan, fern seed, fork, furcula, furculum, giblets, groin, inguen, leg, magic belt, magic carpet, magic ring, magic spectacles, magic wand, merrythought, neck, offshoot, oyster, prong, ramification, seven-league boots, stem, thigh, trident, turkey foot, wand, white meat, wing, wish-bringer, wish-giver, wishing bone, wishing cap, wishing stone, wishing well

ROGET THESAURUS

wishbone

Spell

N spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala, exsufflation, cantrap, runes, abracadabra, open sesame, countercharm, Ephesian letters, bell book and candle, Mumbo Jumbo, evil eye, fee-faw- fum, talisman, amulet, periapt, telesm, phylactery, philter, fetich, fetish, agnus Dei, lamb of God, furcula, madstone, mascot, mascotte, merrythought, Om, Aum, scarab, scarabaeus, sudarium, triskelion, veronica, wishbone, swastika, fylfot, gammadion, wand, caduceus, rod, divining rod, lamp of Aladdin, wishing-cap, Fortunatus's cap.