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Bone

/bəʉn/

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

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📖 Definitions of "Bone"

noun

1
A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
2
Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.
3
A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
4
A bonefish

verb

1
To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
2
To fertilize with bone.
3
To put whalebone into.
"to bone stays"
4
To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
"boning rod"

adjective

1
Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

🔄 Synonyms of "Bone"

14 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
cramnoun	(transitive) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.
pearlnoun	(literally) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
swotnoun	(intransitive, slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) To study with effort or determination.
drumnoun	(music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
osnoun	(UK) An Ordnance Survey map.
get upverb	To rise from one's bed, usually upon waking up in order to begin one's day.
bone upverb	(intransitive, slang) To study or cram, especially in order to refresh one's knowledge of a topic.
deboneverb	(ambitransitive) To remove the bones from.
osseous tissuenoun	(anatomy) The major structural and supportive connective tissue of the body which forms the rigid part of the bone organs that make up the skeletal system.
mug upverb	(intransitive, slang) To study intensely.
grind awayverb	study intensively, as before an exam
swot upverb	study intensively, as before an exam
ivorynoun	(uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
off-whitenoun	A very pale colour that is almost white.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bone"

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Word	Definition
osseous tissuenoun	(anatomy) The major structural and supportive connective tissue of the body which forms the rigid part of the bone organs that make up the skeletal system.
bonynoun	With little flesh; skinny, thin.
pearlnoun	(literally) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
ivorynoun	(uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
deboneverb	(ambitransitive) To remove the bones from.
boneynoun	(slang) Napoleon Bonaparte.
off-whitenoun	A very pale colour that is almost white.
cramnoun	The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something).
get upverb	To rise from one's bed, usually upon waking up in order to begin one's day.
swotnoun	Vigorous study at an educational institution.
bone upverb	(intransitive, slang) To study or cram, especially in order to refresh one's knowledge of a topic.
mug upverb	(intransitive, slang) To study intensely.
drumnoun	(music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
osnoun	(UK) An Ordnance Survey map.
grind awayverb	study intensively, as before an exam
swot upverb	study intensively, as before an exam
skeletonnoun	(anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
spinalnoun	(medicine, colloquial) A spinal anesthesia.
ribnoun	(anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
backbonenoun	(countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.