Overview of noun bones

The noun bones has 1 sense

• bones, castanets, clappers, finger cymbals -- (a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance)

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")