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bone::verb | Spocien Dictionary

bone
verb
/boʊn/
remove the bones from
Type Words
Synonyms debone
Type of withdraw, take, take away, remove


bone the turkey before roasting it.

bone::noun | Spocien Dictionary

bone
noun
/boʊn/
a shade of white the color of bleached bones
Type Words
Synonyms ivory, off-white, pearl
Type of white, whiteness

bone::verb | Spocien Dictionary

bone
verb
/boʊn/
study intensively, as before an exam
Type Words
Synonyms bone up, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up
Type of study, hit the books
Verb group cram


I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam.

bone::noun | Spocien Dictionary

bone
noun
/boʊn/
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
Type Words
Synonyms os
Type of connective tissue
Has types cartilage bone, centrum, cheekbone, clavicle, coccyx, collarbone, corpus sternum, costa, cranium, cuboid bone, dentin, dentine, ethmoid, ethmoid bone, fetter bone, fishbone, furcula, gladiolus, vomer, anklebone, arcus zygomaticus, astragal, astragalus, bare bone, bonelet, braincase, brainpan, breastbone, calcaneus, calvaria, cannon bone, carpal, carpal bone, sphenoid bone, splint bone, sternum, sutural bone, tail bone, talus, tarsal, tarsal bone, temporal bone, tooth, turbinal, turbinate, turbinate bone, tympanic bone, vertebra, wormian bone, wrist bone, xiphoid process, zygoma, zygomatic, zygomatic arch, zygomatic bone, heelbone, hipbone, hyoid, hyoid bone, ilium, innominate bone, ischial bone, ischium, jaw, jugal bone, lacrimal bone, long bone, malar, malar bone, manubrium, marrowbone, membrane bone, metacarpal, metacarpal bone, metatarsal, modiolus, nasal, nasal bone, occiput, os breve, os hyoideum, os ischii, os longum, os nasale, os palatinum, os pubis, os sesamoideum, os sphenoidale, os tarsi fibulare, os temporale, os zygomaticum, ossicle, ossiculum, palatine, palatine bone, pastern, phalanx, pubic bone, pubis, ramus, rib, round bone, sacrum, scapula, sesamoid, sesamoid bone, short bone, shoulder blade, shoulder bone, sinciput, skull, skullcap, sphenoid
Derivation bonelet, boney, bony

bone::noun | Spocien Dictionary

bone
noun
/boʊn/
the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
Type Words
Synonyms osseous tissue
Type of animal material
Derivation bonelet

bone::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

bone
adjective
/boʊn/
consisting of or made up of bone
Type Words

Examples of bone

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If a person ignores stress fractures, the bone can develop a full-fledged break.
From the stltoday.com
Bone thought WSU made one as well, not with the win, though he called that huge.
From the thenewstribune.com
Teammate Jaime Serna broke a bone in his wrist early and played just 11 minutes.
From the kentucky.com
Gone are tradition, brass butter lamps, holy juniper water and neck-bone relics.
From the time.com
Muscadet is light, bone-dry, a tad salty and never more than 12 percent alcohol.
From the post-gazette.com
Her bone china is classic Martha, which means it's classic as opposed to trendy.
From the freep.com
Center Tim Connolly continues to be sidelined because of a bone spur on his hip.
From the sportingnews.com
They also had low osteocalcin levels and fewer osteoblasts to produce less bone.
From the sciencedaily.com
The presidential bone yard is strewn with markers of those who would not change.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
  • Consisting of or made up of bone; "a bony substance"; "the bony framework of the body"
  • Cram: study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
  • Remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it"
  • The porous calcified substance from which bones are made
  • A shade of white the color of bleached bones
  • Bones are rigid organs that form part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They function to move, support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells and store minerals. Bone tissue is a type of dense connective tissue. ...
  • Bone, also known as Beverly Hills Nightmare, Dial Rat for Terror and Housewife, is a 1972 American film directed by Larry Cohen.
  • Bone is an independently published comic book series, originally serialized in 55 irregularly-released issues from 1991 to 2004. Bone was drawn and written by Jeff Smith.
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