Bone Word Meaning

Old English bān, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch been and German Bein

any of the pieces of hard whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates

piece of hard tissue making up skeleton

• his injuries included many broken bones
• a shoulder bone

the calcified material of which bones consist

calcified material of which bones consist

• an earring of bone

the basic or essential framework of something

basic or essential framework

• you need to put some flesh on the bones of your idea

remove the bones from (meat or fish) before cooking, serving, or selling

remove bones from meat or fish

• ask your butcher to bone the turkey for you

study (a subject) intensively, typically in preparation for something

study subject intensively

• she boned up on languages she had learned long ago

have sex with (someone).

have sex with someone