bone

Plural: bones

Noun

• rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
• the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
• a shade of white the color of bleached bones
• A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
• Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of this material.
• A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
• A bonefish.
• One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
• One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.
• Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
• The framework of anything.
• An off-white colour, like the typical colour of bone.
• A dollar.
• The wishbone formation.
• An erect penis; a boner.
• A domino or die.
• A cannabis cigarette; a joint.
• A reward.
• Clipping of trombone.

Verb

Verb Forms: boned, boning, bones

• To remove bones from meat or fish.
• 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"
• To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
• To fertilize with bone.
• To put whalebone into.
• To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
• To have sexual intercourse (with).
• To perform “bone pointing”, a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.
• To study.
• To polish boots to a shiny finish.
• To nag, especially for an unpaid debt.
• To apprehend, steal.
• To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.

Adjective Satellite

• consisting of or made up of bone

Adj

• Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

Adv

• Used before an adjective as an intensifier

Examples

• bone up
• boning rod
• He had to bone up on his dictionary before challenging that word again.
• Let's head to the casino and roll them bones!

Synonyms

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