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bone

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1. bone - Noun

2. bone - Adjective

3. bone - Verb

4. bone - Adjective Satellite

5. Bone - Proper noun

Meaning

The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone.

One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body.

Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.

Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music.

Dice.

Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset.

Fig.: The framework of anything.

To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery.

To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays.

To steal; to take possession of.

To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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bone the turkey before roasting it Source: Internet

I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam Source: Internet

a bony substance Source: Internet

the bony framework of the body Source: Internet

A bone of contention ahead of the meeting had been the willingness of each country to abide by the agreed production quotas. Source: Internet

31 P can potentially provide information on bone density and structure, as well as functional imaging of the brain. Source: Internet

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