bone
/bəʊn/
A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates; Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of this material
- plural
- bones
Meanings
- 1
A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates
Don't throw the dog a bone.
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He gave the dog a bone.
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- 2
Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of this material
- 3
A bone of a fish; a fishbonerare
- 4
A bonefishrare
- 5
One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebonerare
- 6
One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to musicrare
- 7
Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lacerare
- 8
The framework of anythingrare
- 9
An off-white colour, like the typical colour of bonerare
- 10
A dollarrare