English dictionary
bone
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- consisting of or made up of bone
noun
- a shade of white the color of bleached bones
noun
- rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
noun
- the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
verb
- remove the bones from
verb
- study intensively, as before an exam
Example sentences
a bony substance
the bony framework of the body
bone the turkey before roasting it
I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam