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Definition: Meaning of, bone in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / bəʊn /

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bone bones
  1. [countable] one of the hard parts that together form the frame of a human, animal, or fish body
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  2. [uncountable] a substance made of bones
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  3. the bare bones the simplest and most important details of something
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  4. make no bones about (doing) something to not feel nervous or ashamed about doing or saying something
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  5. bone of contention something that causes arguments between people
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  6. be chilled/frozen to the bone to be extremely cold
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  7. skin and bone very thin
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  8. a bag of bones someone who is much too thin
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  9. feel/know something in your bones to be certain that something is true, even though you have no proof and cannot explain why you are certain
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  10. have a bone to pick with somebody spoken used to tell someone that you are annoyed with them and want to talk about it
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  11. close to the bone a remark, statement etc that is close to the bone is close to the truth in a way that may offend someone
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  12. cut something to the bone to reduce costs, services etc as much as possible
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  13. on the bone meat that is served on the bone is still joined to the bone
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  14. off the bone meat that is served off the bone has been cut away from the bone
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
bone boned boned
Present Participle Third Person Singular
boning bones
[transitive]
  1. to remove the bones from fish or meat
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bone used in phrases

  • T-bone (noun)
    1. small steak from the thin end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and small piece of tenderloin
  • T-bone steak (noun)
    1. a thinly cut piece of BEEF that has a T-shaped bone in it
  • Wormian bone (noun)
    1. any of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones
  • arm bone (noun)
    1. a bone in the arm
  • bare bone (noun)
    1. bone stripped of flesh
  • bone age (noun)
    1. as shown by X rays a person's age measured by matching their bone development with bone development of an average person of known chronological age
  • bone ash (noun)
    1. ash left when bones burn; high in calcium phosphate; used as fertilizer and in bone china
  • bone black (noun)
    1. black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone; used as a black pigment
  • bone cell (noun)
    1. a cell that is part of a bone
  • bone char (noun)
    1. black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone; used as a black pigment
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bone used in phrasal verbs

  • bone up (phrasal verb)
    1. to study hard or learn about something in order to prepare for a test, meeting etc
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