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boned

boned

3.0
Meat or fish with the bones removed
  • adjective
  • /boʊnd/
translation icon : deshuesado
  • This recipe calls for boned rabbit, which allows the flavors to blend better.

Examples

  • For dinner, she bought boned chicken breasts to make a quick stir-fry.

  • Also, almost everybody has one of these in their shop that have been boned by cutting through something too hard.

  • You want to get the kind that still have the bones in them and still have the skin on them.

  • The chef prepared the fish by serving it boned, making it easier to eat.

Synonyms

boneless
vsboned
12 1.4

Having no bones

is about meat or fish after bones have been removed rather than lacking bones
deboned
vsboned
3.4

Meat or fish with the bones removed

is the same meaning but shows the removal as verb-based form

Compounds

big-boned
10 4.2

Having a naturally large, wide body frame and broad shoulders

bare-boned design
5.7

A simple design that has only the basic parts needed

bare-boned
6.1

Being very simple and having only the basic parts

strong-boned
5.1

Having a strong, solid body build

How Clean

to gutted
  • NSFW
6.3
boned
3.0
to scale
3 6.7
fish
805 1.0

Surface Forms

boned positive

Morphology

boned = bone (transparent) = bone + ed

Clear past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'to bone' meaning 'to remove bones', so 'boned' means 'having had the bones removed'.

Etymology

Boned is also the form of the action word bone, which means 'to take the bones out' of meat or fish. So a boned chicken or trout has had its bones removed, which is why it is easier to cook and eat.