Dictionary
bone
Meaning
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- A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
- Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.
- A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
- A bonefish.
- One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
- One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.
- Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
- The framework of anything.
- An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
- (informal) A dollar.
- (informal) The wishbone formation.
- (slang) An erect penis; a boner.
- (slang) A domino or die.
- (slang) A cannabis cigarette; a joint.
- A reward.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəʊn/
Cognate with Western Frisian
bien
Cognate with Dutch
been
Cognate with German
Bein
Cognate with German
Gebein
Cognate with Latin
perfinēs
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