Synonyms for bone
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
Noun
2. Rib — one of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone
Other
osseous tissue, wishbone, os, get-up, polish, buck, doggy treat, ossicle rare
Definitions
- v. 1
To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
- v. 2
To have sexual intercourse (with).
- n. 1
One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
- n. 2
A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
Related words
- Word family
- boneache boned bone-dry bone-grubber boneheaded boneheadedness bonehouse bone-idle
- Phrases
- bone up zygomatic bone bone folder malar bone bone to pick cuttlefish bone capitate bone hamate bone
- Is a kind of
- skeleton
Example sentences
- drum He's playing a cha cha cha rhythm on the drum kit.
- nail There is enough iron in your body to make a nail.
- hump The camel sees not its own hump but that of its fellow.
- fillet Broil the fillet for 8 to 12 minutes per side.
By length
- 2 letters
- os1
- 3 letters
- rib1
- 4 letters
- stay1, rock1, dick1, nail1, drum1, buck1, swat1, hump1, cram1
- 5 letters
- stick1, roger2, drill1, pearl1, ivory3, filet2
- 6 letters
- polish2, fillet2, debone, unbone
- 7 letters
- ossicle
- 8 letters
- wishbone2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (roger2 = 2 syllables).