bone

🇺🇸 /bəʊn/ 🇬🇧 /bəʊn/
Frequency
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Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B1
noun
A2

A hard part inside the body that forms the skeleton.

Be careful when eating fish because it may have small bones.

R

The hard material that makes up bones.

The knife handle is made of polished bone.

R

Having bones of a certain kind.

She has fine bone structure in her hands.

verb
R

To remove bones from food.

Please bone the fish before cooking it.

translation

n. A hard part inside the body that forms the skeleton.; The hard material that makes up bones.; Having bones of a certain kind.
v. To remove bones from food.

Word Forms

Plural bones
Progressive boning
Past boned
3rd Present bones
Perfect boned