bone
- noun
- /boʊn/
- The archaeologists discovered ancient animal bones buried deep in the ground.
- broken bones
- bone marrow
- bone density
So it's it's no good for your bones to drink skim milk.
- So it's it's no good for your bones to drink skim milk.
- Are those fondant bones or are those real bones?
- Also, there's a you can buy bone broth protein powder.
- 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
- 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
- Specialized
A flat triangular bone on the upper back that connects the arm to the body
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
A small bone on the outer side of the wrist next to the little finger with a hook-like part
How Hard
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.