bone

noun
UK: /bəʊn/
US: /boʊn/

  1. A hard, whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates.

    1. The dog buried its bone in the garden. [ ] [ ]
    2. Doctors X-rayed his broken bone to assess the damage after the accident. [ ] [ ]

  2. The skeleton of an animal or human.

    1. The museum displayed dinosaur bones. [ ] [ ]
    2. Archeologists discovered human bones dating back thousands of years during the excavation. [ ] [ ]

  3. Something made of bone or similar to bone.

    1. She wore a necklace with bone beads. [ ] [ ]
    2. The handle of the antique knife was crafted from polished bone. [ ] [ ]

Synonyms

grit skeleton ossify ivory frame remain
bone transitive-verb

  1. To remove the bones from meat or fish.

    1. I need to bone the chicken before cooking. [ ] [ ]
    2. The chef carefully boned the fish to prepare it for grilling later. [ ] [ ]
bone phrasal-verb

  1. To study something intensively.

    1. I need to bone up on my Spanish before the trip. [ ] [ ]
    2. She spent weeks boning up on the material before the exam to improve her score. [ ] [ ]
bone interjection

  1. Expressing strong doubt or disbelief.

    1. Bone to pick with that story, I don't believe it at all. [ ] [ ]
    2. He says he won the lottery? Bone, I'll believe it when I see the money. [ ] [ ]

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "bone" in English means: A hard, whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates., The skeleton of an animal or human., Something made of bone or similar to bone..

The phonetic transcription of "bone" is /bəʊn/ in British English and /boʊn/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "bone": grit, skeleton, ossify, ivory, frame, remain.

Example usage of "bone": "The dog buried its bone in the garden.". More examples on the page.