noun

bone

bohn

noun

One of the hard, calcium-rich pieces that make up the skeleton of humans and most animals.

"She fractured a bone in her wrist after the fall."

"Dogs love to chew on bones."

An off-white color resembling the shade of bone.

"The wedding invitations were printed on bone-colored card stock."

verb

To remove the bones from meat or fish before cooking.

"The butcher boned the chicken thighs for us."

How to Use Bone

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe hard framework material that supports the body, or, as a verb, to take the bones out of meat.

Common pairings

broken bone bone structure bone dry

boned past tense, boned past tense, boned past tense, bones plural, Bones plural, Bones plural, bones singular, bones singular, bones singular

Study it as flashcards or scroll it in Flow — saved to your collection.

Test yourself on “bone” A quick quiz — meaning, synonyms & usage →

Can you complete this real example?

She fractured a _____ in her wrist after the fall.

From Old English bān, meaning bone or the bone of a limb, going back to an ancient Germanic root.

os mouth

one done gone none tone lone hone cone zone Sone stone phone

os mouth