Overview of noun bone

The noun bone has 3 senses

• bone, os -- (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)


• bone, osseous tissue -- (the porous calcified substance from which bones are made)


• bone, ivory, pearl, off-white -- (a shade of white the color of bleached bones)

Overview of verb bone

The verb bone has 2 senses

• cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone -- (study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam")


• bone, debone -- (remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it")

Overview of adj bone

The adj bone has 1 sense

• bone -- (consisting of or made up of bone; "a bony substance"; "the bony framework of the body")