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 creamy white color like elephant tusks
A pale shiny white color like the inside of an oyster shell
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
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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
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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
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.