bone
- noun
- /boʊn/
- The artist chose a paint in a soft bone color to create a serene atmosphere in the room.
Examples
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And again, just a little bit on my brow bone like that.
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A long face, a sad face, a face white as the bone beneath the skin.
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And here is the same in the bone color.
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That can just act as like a little brow bone color.
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We don't really have a light like bone colored highlight or anything.
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Take white chocolate from the palette and put that on the brow bone for some highlight.
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For the wedding, she selected a fabric that had a lovely bone hue for her bridesmaid dresses.
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The interior designer recommended a bone shade for the walls to complement the natural light in the space.
Synonyms
A pale shiny white color like the inside of an oyster shell
A pale creamy white color like elephant tusks
A pale color close to white with a slight hint of another color
Idioms
Compounds
A steak from the middle of the cow's back with a T-shaped bone and a piece of tenderloin
- Specialized
A curved bone at the lower back of the skull that protects the back of the brain
- Specialized
A large bone at the front of the skull that makes the forehead and upper eye sockets
- Specialized
One of two bones on the top and side of the skull between the front and back bones
Fine white porcelain made with powdered bone that is strong and slightly see-through
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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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A living part inside a bone that helps make new bone and remove old bone
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One of the eight small bones in the wrist between the forearm and the hand
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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 round bone that forms inside a tendon near a joint, like the kneecap
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A flat triangular bone on the upper back that connects the arm to the body
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A disease in horses that causes a hard bone growth on the lower hind leg and makes them lame
- 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
- Archaic
An oily liquid from heated animal bones used as a lubricant or to treat leather
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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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The outer, thinner bone in the lower leg between the knee and ankle, also called the fibula
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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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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 long bone in a horse's lower leg between the joint above the hoof and the hoof
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A bone condition where normal bone is replaced by soft tissue, making bones weak
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A small thin bone at the inner side of the eye socket that helps drain tears
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A small bone in the middle of the wrist shaped like a half moon that helps hand movement
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A bone that forms directly in soft tissue instead of from cartilage, like skull and collar bones
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A small bone on the outer side of the wrist next to the little finger with a hook-like part
How White
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word bone for a pale color comes from the light look of real bones, so calling a paint 'bone' means it is a soft off-white.