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Synonyms for bone
boʊnbone
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Princeton's WordNet
bone, osnoun
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
Synonyms:
atomic number 76, off-white, operating system, oculus sinister, ivory, osmium, pearl, os, osseous tissueAntonyms:
bonelessbone, osseous tissuenoun
the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
Synonyms:
off-white, os, pearl, ivory, osseous tissueAntonyms:
bonelessbone, ivory, pearl, off-whiteadjective
a shade of white the color of bleached bones
Synonyms:
drop, off-white, ivory, bead, pearl, os, osseous tissue, tuskAntonyms:
bonelessboneverb
consisting of or made up of bone
"a bony substance"; "the bony framework of the body"
Antonyms:
bonelesscram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, boneverb
study intensively, as before an exam
"I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
Synonyms:
prink, rise, prepare, stand up, bone up, ram, fancy up, deck out, elevate, uprise, jam, trick up, rig out, tog up, grind away, lift, deck up, drum, arise, swot up, gussy up, mug up, attire, dress up, swot, tog out, organise, beat, thrum, chock up, wad, raise, work up, trick out, get up, turn out, cram, bring up, devise, fig out, organize, jampack, overdress, debone, machinate, fig upAntonyms:
bonelessbone, deboneverb
remove the bones from
"bone the turkey before roasting it"
Synonyms:
grind away, cram, mug up, swot up, get up, bone up, debone, drum, swotAntonyms:
boneless
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Editors Contribution
vertebra
a bone from the spine
the animal has a meter wide bone.
Submitted by rinat on November 22, 2015
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
bonenoun
Synonyms:
(little) ossicle, osseletbonenoun
Associated words:
osteology, osteography, ossify, ossification, ossiferous, ossific, splint, marrow, ossivorous, ossuary, osteoplasty, caries, osteopathy, solen, necrosis, gangrene, rongeur, impaction, calcify, calcification, bursa, ossein, ossifying, ostalgia, ossifragous, skeleton
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1643 | apple | |
| #1844 | os | |
| #2158 | drop | |
| #2703 | rise | |
| #2851 | beat | |
| #3213 | ram | |
| #3551 | raise | |
| #3552 | prepare | |
| #3864 | pearl | |
| #4053 | bone | |
| #4499 | lift | |
| #4807 | drum | |
| #5259 | jam | |
| #7087 | arise | |
| #7411 | organize | |
| #7483 | bones | |
| #7909 | ivory | |
| #8694 | acrylic | |
| #10165 | bead | |
| #13125 | knob | |
| #14560 | marrow | |
| #16660 | organise | |
| #17621 | skeletal | |
| #20641 | attire | |
| #22251 | devise | |
| #27607 | cram | |
| #29876 | elevate | |
| #36659 | wad | |
| #40094 | bony | |
| #44923 | swot | |
| #59678 | tusk | |
| #92248 | osmium | |
| #181844 | longnose | |
| #207890 | uprise | |
| #211488 | thrum | |
| #261452 | hueso | |
| #273151 | jampack |
How to use bone in a sentence?
This research revolutionizes our understanding of the jugal bone in snake and non-snake lizards, after 160 years of getting it wrong, this paper corrects this very important feature based not on guesswork, but on empirical evidence.
It's imperative to have an inner view of the bone, if you have doubts whether a bone is deformed by pathology or geological processes, you need to see inside.
Over the years, we’ve become aware that a bone marrow transplant early in the disease can be life-saving for these patients, but we now know that it's only effective in the early stages of the disease.
A government that cannot be trusted with a bone saw, should not be trusted with a nuclear weapon.
The first and most important thing of all, at least for writers today, is to strip language clean, to lay it bare down to the bone.
Translations for bone
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- абаҩAbkhaz
- beenAfrikaans
- عظمArabic
- sümükAzerbaijani
- һөйәкBashkir
- косцьBelarusian
- кокал, кост, костица, обезкостявамBulgarian
- হাড়Bengali
- askornBreton
- os, desossarCatalan, Valencian
- даьӏахкChechen
- kostCzech
- кость, ⰽⱁⱄⱅⱐOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- шӑмӑChuvash
- asgwrn, blew pysgodynWelsh
- knogle, benDanish
- Gräte, Knochen, Gebeine, Bein, Fischgräte, poppen, bumsen, ausbeinen, vögeln, ficken, entbeinen, nagelnGerman
- μπαλένα, οστό, μπανέλα, ψαροκόκαλο, κόκαλοGreek
- ostoEsperanto
- hueso, espina, culear, follar, quitar las espinas, joder, deshuesar, cogerSpanish
- kont, luu, vaalaluu, luine, kalaluuEstonian
- hezurBasque
- استخون, استخوان, ستخوانPersian
- luu, luunvalkoinen, valaanluu, ruoto, poistaa luut, nussia, naidaFinnish
- beinFaroese
- arête, os, baleine, fourrer, désosser, emmancherFrench
- bonkeWestern Frisian
- cnámhIrish
- cnàimhScottish Gaelic
- craueManx
- עצם, לדפוק, לזייןHebrew
- हड्डी, अस्थिHindi
- csont, szálka, kicsontozHungarian
- ոսկորArmenian
- ossoInterlingua
- tulangIndonesian
- osseInterlingue
- desostizarIdo
- bein, beinhvíturIcelandic
- osso, osseo, fottere, scopare, disossareItalian
- 骨Japanese
- balungJavanese
- ძვალიGeorgian
- сүйекKazakh
- ឆ្អឹង, ឆ្អឹងត្រីKhmer
- ಮೂಳೆKannada
- 뼈Korean
- hestî, hestîk, dasîkKurdish
- askornCornish
- сөөкKyrgyz
- osLatin
- SchankLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ກະດູກLao
- kaulas, ašakaLithuanian
- kauls, asakaLatvian
- iwi, mākiri, kōhurehure, kokokiMāori
- коска, жица, коскена, вади коскиMacedonian
- എല്ല്Malayalam
- ясMongolian
- tulangMalay
- abjad maħmuġ, għadma, xewka, għadamMaltese
- အရိုးBurmese
- been, graat, bot, baleinDutch
- beinNorwegian Nynorsk
- bein, ben, knulle, puleNorwegian
- tsʼinNavajo, Navaho
- òsOccitan
- ਹੱਡੀ, ਅਸਥੀPanjabi, Punjabi
- kość, ośćPolish
- osso, espinha, comer, transar, foder, desossarPortuguese
- òss, iesRomansh
- igufaKirundi
- osRomanian
- косточка, кость, сниматьRussian
- igufwaKinyarwanda
- ossuSardinian
- dáktiNorthern Sami
- кост, kostSerbo-Croatian
- ගිනිමැලයSinhala, Sinhalese
- kosťSlovak
- kostSlovene
- kockëAlbanian
- lesapoSouthern Sotho
- ben, benvit, bena urSwedish
- mfupaSwahili
- எலும்புTamil
- బొమికె, బొక్క, ఎముకTelugu
- устухонTajik
- กระดูกThai
- süýek, gylçyk, süňkTurkmen
- weso, butoTagalog
- kemikTurkish
- сөякTatar
- سۆڭەكUyghur, Uighur
- кісткаUkrainian
- استھ, ہڈیUrdu
- suyakUzbek
- xương, chất xương, màu xương, gỡ xươngVietnamese
- bomVolapük
- ביינער, בייןYiddish
- 骨Chinese
- ithamboZulu
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