bone as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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as an adjective: - 1
bone
noun
1 bone
Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates.
synonym: os.
Roget 321:
density,
solidity;
solidness
etc.
adj.;
impenetrability,
impermeability;
incompressibility;
imporosity†;
cohesion
etc.
46;
constipation,
consistence,
spissitude†.
specific gravity;
hydrometer,
areometer†.
condensation;
caseation†;
solidation†,
solidification;
consolidation;
concretion,
coagulation;
petrification
etc.
(hardening)
323;
crystallization,
precipitation;
deposit,
precipitate;
inspissation†;
gelation,
thickening
etc.
v..
indivisibility,
indiscerptibility†,
insolubility,
indissolvableness.
solid body,
mass,
block,
knot,
lump;
concretion,
concrete,
conglomerate;
cake,
clot,
stone,
curd,
coagulum;
bone,
gristle,
cartilage;
casein,
crassamentum†;
legumin†.
superdense matter,
condensed states of matter;
dwarf star,
neutron star.
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Roget 159:
strength;
power
etc.
157;
energy
etc.
171;
vigor,
force;
main force,
physical force,
brute force;
spring,
elasticity,
tone,
tension,
tonicity.
stoutness
etc.
adj.;
lustihood†,
stamina,
nerve,
muscle,
sinew,
thews and sinews,
physique;
pith,
pithiness;
virtility,
vitality.
athletics,
athleticism†;
gymnastics,
feats of strength.
adamant,
steel,
iron,
oak,
heart of oak;
iron grip;
grit,
bone.
athlete,
gymnast,
acrobat;
superman,
Atlas,
Hercules,
Antaeus†,
Samson,
Cyclops,
Goliath;
tower of strength;
giant refreshed.
strengthening
etc.
v.;
invigoration,
refreshment,
refocillation†.
[Science of forces]
dynamics,
statics.
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Roget 323:
hardness
etc.
adj.;
rigidity;
renitence†,
renitency;
inflexibility,
temper,
callosity,
durity†.
induration,
petrifaction;
lapidification†,
lapidescence†;
vitrification,
ossification;
crystallization.
stone,
pebble,
flint,
marble,
rock,
fossil,
crag,
crystal,
quartz,
granite,
adamant;
bone,
cartilage;
hardware;
heart of oak,
block,
board,
deal board;
iron,
steel;
cast iron,
decarbonized iron,
wrought iron;
nail;
brick,
concrete;
cement.
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Dutch: graat, beenweefsel, been, bot, botje, knok, knook
Polish: kość
2 bone
The porous calcified substance from which bones are made.
synonym: osseous tissue.
Dutch: been, beenweefsel
Polish: tkanka kostna
3 bone
A shade of white the color of bleached bones.
synonyms: ivory, off-white, pearl.
Dutch: gebroken wit
Polish: perłowość
verb
1 bone
Study intensively, as before an exam:
— I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam.
synonyms: bone up, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up.
Dutch: blokken, hengsten, pezen, pompen, vossen
2 bone
Remove the bones from:
— Bone the turkey before roasting it.
synonym: debone.
Dutch: uitbenen
adjective
1 bone
Consisting of or made up of bone.
Moby thesaurus: adamant, aitchbone, anklebone, anvil, backbone, bill, biscuit, bony, breastbone, brick, buck, calcaneus, cannon bone, carpal, cartilage, cement, chine, clavicle, coccyx, collarbone, con, concrete, contemplate, cracker, cranium, cubes, cuboid, diamond, dice, dig, drill, dust, elucubrate, examine, fibula, fish, flint, frogskin, funny bone, go over, granite, grind, hammer, heart of oak, hyoid bone, incus, iron, ivory, jawbone, kneecap, ligament, lucubrate, malleus, mandible, marble, maxilla, maxillary, metacarpal, metatarsal, mummy, nails, nasal bone, oak, occipital bone, osseous, ossicle, ossicular, ossiferous, ossified, osteal, parchment, patella, pelvis, peruse, phalanges, phalanx, plunge into, pore over, practice, pubis, rachidial, rachis, radius, read, regard studiously, restudy, review, rib, rock, sacrum, scaphoid, scapula, sesamoid bones, shinbone, shoulder blade, skin, skull, smacker, sphenoid, spinal column, spine, stapes, steel, sternum, stick, stirrup, stone, study, swot, talus, tarsus, temporal bone, tendon, thighbone, ulna, vertebra, vertebral column, vet, wade through, wishbone, wristbone, zygomatic bone ... show more.
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