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os — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bone noun One of the hard, calcium-rich pieces that make up the skeleton of humans and most animals.
  • glitch noun A small, usually temporary problem or fault, especially in a machine, computer, or software.
  • os noun In anatomy, a bone, or an opening shaped like a mouth — most commonly the opening at either end of the cervix.

Senses

os is used for these senses in English:

  • bone A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
  • fly in the ointment (idiomatic) Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail.
  • glitch (countable) A problem affecting function.

bone — full definition

  1. noun One of the hard, calcium-rich pieces that make up the skeleton of humans and most animals.
  2. noun An off-white color resembling the shade of bone.
  3. verb To remove the bones from meat or fish before cooking.

glitch — full definition

  1. noun A small, usually temporary problem or fault, especially in a machine, computer, or software.
  2. verb To malfunction briefly and unexpectedly.

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