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bone

/bəʊn/

/boʊn/

bone black

bone blacks

bonenoun

bones

/bəʊn/

/boʊn/

Translations

кость

The dog buried the bone in the backyard.

Собака закопала кость на заднем дворе.

Additional translations

косточка

основа

Definitions

A rigid organ that constitutes part of the vertebrate skeleton, providing structure and support to the body.

The X-ray showed a fracture in the bone of his arm.

A piece of bone, especially one that is part of a skeleton or a fragment of a bone.

The dog chewed on a bone it found in the backyard.

The essence or core of something, often used in the phrase 'to the bone'.

The cold wind chilled him to the bone.

A small, flat piece of material used in games, such as dominoes.

He placed the last bone on the table, winning the game of dominoes.

(usually plural "bones", slang) Dice used in games of chance.

He rolled the bones and hoped for a seven.

Synonyms

bony structure

boneverb

boned

Past Simple

boned

Past Participle

boning

Gerund

/bəʊn/

/boʊn/

Definitions

To remove the bones from (meat or fish).

The chef decided to bone the chicken before cooking it.

(chiefly in the phrasal verb "bone up") To study intensively, especially in preparation for an examination.

She had to bone up on her history notes before the big test.

(slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.

He bragged that he had boned three girls over the summer.

Synonyms

to remove bones from

to fish

to debone

boneadjective

/bəʊn/

/boʊn/

Used attributively (bone china) and as an intensifier (bone dry).

Definitions

Made from bone or consisting chiefly of bone.

The antique knife had a bone handle.

boneadverb

Definitions

(informal) Completely; utterly (used as an intensifier before an adjective).

By August the creek was bone dry.