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bone

/bəʉn/ /bɐʉn/ /bəʊn/ /ˈboʊn/

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noun

A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.

Examples :

"My grandfather's bones are quite strong, considering his age. "

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Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.

Examples :

"My grandmother's hip bone is quite strong, even though she's eighty years old. "

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A bone of a fish; a fishbone.

Examples :

"I choked on a bone while eating my fish dinner. "

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noun

Examples :

"The fisherman caught a beautiful bonefish. "

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One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.

Examples :

"The antique corset had several whalebone bones that gave it a firm shape. "

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One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.

Examples :

"The band member used a bone to keep time while practicing the rhythm. "

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Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.

Examples :

"The antique lacemaker used a tiny bone bobbin for her intricate designs. "

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The framework of anything.

Examples :

"The bicycle's frame is a complex bone of metal and plastic. "

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An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

Examples :

"The antique vase had a delicate, bone-colored glaze. "

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noun

Examples :

"My brother gave me a bone for lunch – a dollar. "

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The wishbone formation.

Examples :

"My little brother and I pulled on the chicken's bone, hoping to break the wishbone for good luck. "

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An erect penis; a boner.

Examples :

"He had a bone while watching the basketball game. "

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(chiefly in the plural) A domino or dice.

Examples :

"The children used their bone dominoes to play a game during their break. "

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To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.

Examples :

"Before the family dinner, my mom boned the chicken. "

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To fertilize with bone.

Examples :

"The farmer used ground bone meal to bone the vegetable garden, improving the soil's nutrients. "

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To put whalebone into.

Examples :

"to bone stays"

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To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.

Examples :

"boning rod"

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(usually of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.

Examples :

"He boned his classmate after school. "

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(in Aboriginal culture) To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.

Examples :

"The old woman was accused of boning her rival's child, hoping to cause illness. "

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verb

(usually with "up") To study.

Examples :

"bone up"

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To polish boots to a shiny finish.

Examples :

"Before the school dance, Sarah carefully boned her shoes to make them shine. "

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adjective

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

Examples :

"The antique china doll had a bone-colored dress. "

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To apprehend, steal.

Examples :

"The thief tried to bone the expensive jewelry from the display case. "

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To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.

Examples :

"The carpenter boned the wooden planks to ensure they were perfectly aligned before attaching them to the wall. "

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A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).

Examples :

"Jim plays the trombone very well."

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The common European bittern.

Examples :

"The birdwatcher spotted a bone near the marshland. "

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