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Bone

noun
/bəʉn/
Word Frequency: 45.6

Definitions

1.nounA composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
2.nounAny of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.
3.nounA bone of a fish; a fishbone.
4.nounA bonefish
5.nounOne of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
6.nounOne of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.
7.nounAnything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
8.nounThe framework of anything.
9.nounAn off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
10.nounA dollar.
11.nounThe wishbone formation.
12.nounAn erect penis; a boner.
13.noun(chiefly in the plural) A domino or dice.
14.verbTo prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
15.verbTo fertilize with bone.
16.verbTo put whalebone into.
"to bone stays"
17.verbTo make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
"boning rod"
18.verb(usually of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.
19.verb(in Aboriginal culture) To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.
20.verb(usually with "up") To study.
"bone up"
21.verbTo polish boots to a shiny finish.
22.adjectiveOf an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

Synonyms

ribstaydeboneunbonebonkbury the bonefuckscrewshagosseous tissuebonypearl

Rhymes With

moangroandronebemoancornerstonetonestonecondone
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