American English pronunciation
How to pronounce bone
IPA transcription: ['boʊn]
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Noun
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rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
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the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
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a shade of white the color of bleached bones
Verb
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study intensively, as before an exam
“I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam”
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remove the bones from
“bone the turkey before roasting it”
Adjective
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consisting of or made up of bone
“a bony substance”
“the bony framework of the body”
Usage examples
- It was easy to see on the radiogram, that his bones were broken.
- What is the name of the funny bone?
- He had a trombone sound that was often compared to Tommy Dorsey.
- Osteomyelitis, a bone infection, may leave the adjacent bone with a spur formation.
- It is a long bone, prism-shaped and slightly curved longitudinally.
- Cancers that arise in bone are called "primary" cancers, although such cancers are rare.
- He then discharged his trombone just over my head.
- It arises from the lateral mass of the atlas bone.
- Jeffery really pulled a boner, but in the end everyone could laugh about it.
- The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat.