bone
- noun
- /boʊn/
- The archaeologists discovered ancient animal bones buried deep in the ground.
- broken bones
- bone marrow
- bone density
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- Come lie on the couch of the long bone of my thigh.
- Look at it, Take it up to the brow bone other side.
- But right now I can feel bones under the fur.
Examples
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So I had all this extra bone around my knee joint.
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The doctor explained that the bone in her arm was fractured and needed to be set.
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So it just comes right off the bone like that.
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And it was a bone like this one.
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A hungry dog who already had a bone in his mouth.
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Is this bone not ours as well?
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I could feel the thin bones in his arms, the push of his ribs.
Academic text (2011) -
Alongside the gravestones, excavators uncovered hundreds of bones, some with evidence of unusual injuries.
Academic text (2008) -
Didn't break any bones.
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She stepped carefully over the bone that the dog had buried in the yard.
Synonyms
A hard part inside the body that forms the skeleton
Hard tissue in bones that gives them strength
Idioms
Compounds
A steak from the middle of the cow's back with a T-shaped bone and a piece of tenderloin
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A living part inside a bone that helps make new bone and remove old bone
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A long hard part inside the arm or leg like the femur that has a soft center
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One of two bones on the top and side of the skull between the front and back bones
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A large bone at the front of the skull that makes the forehead and upper eye sockets
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A curved bone at the lower back of the skull that protects the back of the brain
Fine white porcelain made with powdered bone that is strong and slightly see-through
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A flat triangular bone on the upper back that connects the arm to the body
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One of the eight small bones in the wrist between the forearm and the hand
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A small round bone that forms inside a tendon near a joint, like the kneecap
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A light spongy bone at the skull base that helps form the eye sockets and the inside of the nose
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A bone in animals that forms the lower jaw and lets the mouth open and close
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A small bone on the outer side of the wrist next to the little finger with a hook-like part
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A bone about as long as it is wide and thick, found in the wrist and ankle
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A small hard part inside a sirloin steak between the flat bone and the porterhouse
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An oily liquid from heated animal bones used as a lubricant or to treat leather
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A butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull that helps form the eye socket and supports the brain
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A small pea-shaped bone near the little finger that touches one other wrist bone
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A disease in horses that causes a hard bone growth on the lower hind leg and makes them lame
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The outer, thinner bone in the lower leg between the knee and ankle, also called the fibula
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Tissue inside the hollow part of long bones in adults that stores fat
- Archaic
A small bowl made from bone ash used to separate precious metals during testing
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A black material made by burning animal bones used to colour or filter liquids
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A large bone in the middle of the wrist that connects to the base of the middle finger
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A bone that forms inside cartilage before a baby is born, like long arm or leg bones
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word bone comes from a very old German word that also gave German Bein meaning 'leg', so it named the hard parts inside our bodies that hold us up and help us move.