bone
/boʊn/
noun
- Any of the hard pieces that form the skeleton of a human or animal body.
- Dogs love to chew on a large bone.
- The doctor examined the X-ray to check for a broken bone.
- Calcium is important for keeping your bones strong.
- A material consisting of the hard, calcified tissue of bones, used for making tools, buttons, or ornaments.
- Ancient people used bone to make needles and fishhooks.
- The knife handle was carved from bone.
- She wore a necklace made of polished bone beads.
- The basic or essential part of something (often used in the phrase 'the bare bones').
- These are the bones of the argument, but we can expand on them.
- The report gave only the bare bones of the plan.
- We need to fill in the bones of the story with more details.
adjective
- Made of or resembling bone.
- The button was a simple bone disc.
- The museum displayed bone tools from the Stone Age.
- She wore a bone comb in her hair.
- Of a pale off-white color like bone.
- The dress was a beautiful bone shade.
- She painted the walls a soft bone color.
- He chose bone-colored curtains for the living room.
verb
- To remove the bones from (meat or fish) before cooking or eating.
- She boned the leg of lamb for the roast.
- The chef showed us how to bone a chicken breast.
- You should bone the fish before frying it.
- To study or work very hard (often used in the phrase 'bone up on').
- I need to bone up on my Spanish before the trip.
- She boned up on the company's history before the interview.
- He boned for the exam all weekend.