bones
/boʊnz/
noun
- The hard parts inside the body that form the skeleton.
- The human body has 206 bones.
- The dog buried the bone in the backyard.
- She broke a bone in her wrist when she fell.
- The basic structure or framework of something.
- The bones of the house are strong, but it needs new paint.
- These are the bare bones of the plan.
- We need to build the bones of the story before adding details.
- A simple percussion instrument made of two pieces of bone or wood clicked together.
- He played the bones in a folk band.
- She learned to play the bones from her grandfather.
- The musician clicked the bones in time with the music.
verb
- To remove the bones from meat or fish.
- She learned how to bone a leg of lamb.
- Can you bone this fish for me?
- The chef bones the chicken before cooking it.