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Definition of sinew noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

sinew

noun
/ˈsɪnyu/ sinew pronunciation American
 
1 [countable, uncountable] a strong band of tissue in the body that joins a muscle to a bone2 [usually plural] (literary) a source of strength or powerthe sinews of economic life