Word: bone
Word origin: Old English bān, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch been and German Bein .
Phonetic:
bəʊn
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any of the pieces of hard whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates. Example: his injuries included many broken bones
the calcified material of which bones consist. Example: an earring of bone
the basic or essential framework of something. Example: you need to put some flesh on the bones of your idea
remove the bones from (meat or fish) before cooking, serving, or selling. Example: ask your butcher to bone the turkey for you
study (a subject) intensively, typically in preparation for something. Example: she boned up on languages she had learned long ago
have sex with (someone).
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