bone
/boʊn/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable
Bone means: study intensively, as before an exam.
Synonyms for bone20
noun, as in rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
noun, as in the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
verb, as in study intensively, as before an exam
verb, as in remove the bones from
adjective, as in consisting of or made up of bone
What does bone mean?6
verb
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”
noun
a shade of white the color of bleached bones
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
adjective
consisting of or made up of bone“a bony substance”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with bone?35
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Bone in a sentence
- She needs a bone marrow transplant, but she has not found a donor yet.Hybrid
- He is bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh.unknown
- The dog eats the fish, the bone, the tail, and all.onie23
- Two dogs fight for a bone, and the third runs away with it.mcq
- In this type of break, the bone will actually protrude from the skin.mccarras
- Alveolar bone has a high mineral content, mainly calcium and phosphate.Vanilla
- You have a fracture, that is to say a broken bone.Baberino
- The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat.Ooneykcall
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Forms of bone
as a noun
- plural
- bones
as a verb
- past tense
- boned
- present participle
- boning
- third-person singular
- bones
- past participle
- boned