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knee

 
/ni/ n [C]

Definition

the middle joint of the leg: I stood in the water up to my knees. He got down on his hands and knees to look for his contact lens.
(Definition of knee n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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