Bone - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
- a shade of white the color of bleached bones (syn: ivory, off-white, pearl)
verb
adjective
Extra examples
He broke a bone in his left arm.
The leg bone is connected to the knee bone.
We are all made of flesh and bone.
The handle of the knife is made from bone.
The air is bone dry.
...grew up in a backwoods area that was bone poor...
Having boiled the fish they first bone them.
A fine grass field, well boned last winter.
The X-ray showed that the bone was broken in two places.
He broke his collar bone.
She was tall and big-boned.
Amelia had inherited her mother's good bone structure.
I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
A detailed analysis of the bone structure of horses
The stream is bone dry.
Phrasal verbs
Word forms
I/you/we/they: bone
he/she/it: bones
present participle: boning
past tense: boned
past participle: boned
singular: bone
plural: bones
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