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The dense, semirigid, porous, calcified connective tissue forming the major portion of the skeleton of most vertebrates. It consists of a dense organic matrix and an inorganic, mineral component.

To remove the bones from

Any of numerous anatomically distinct structures making up the skeleton of a vertebrate animal. There are more than 200 different bones in the human body.

(ambitransitive) To remove the bones from.

A piece of bone.

Remove the bones from;

The skeleton.

The body

Mortal remains

An animal structure or material, such as ivory, resembling bone.

A piece of whalebone or similar material used as a corset stay.

Bones(Informal) Dice.

Bones The fundamental plan or design, as of the plot of a book.

Bones Flat clappers made of bone or wood originally used by the end man in a minstrel show.

Bones (used with a sing. verb) The end man in a minstrel show.

Vulgar Slang The penis.

To remove the bones from

To stiffen (a piece of clothing) with stays, as of whalebone.

Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with. Used especially of a man.

Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse.

(uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.

(countable) Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.

A bone of a fish; a fishbone.

A bonefish.

One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.

One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.

Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.

(figurative) The framework of anything.

An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

A dollar.

The wishbone formation.

(slang) An erect penis; a boner.

A domino or dice.

(slang) A cannabis cigarette; a joint.

(figurative) A reward.

(slang) trombone

Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.

To fertilize with bone.

To put whalebone into.

(civil engineering) To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.

To have sexual intercourse (with).

To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.

(usually with "up") To study.

To polish boots to a shiny finish.

To nag, especially for an unpaid debt.

To apprehend, steal.

To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.

The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone.

One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body.

Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.

Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music.

Dice.

Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset.

Fig.: The framework of anything.

To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery.

To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays.

To fertilize with bone.

To steal; to take possession of.

To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying.

Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

The porous calcified substance from which bones are made

A shade of white the color of bleached bones

Study intensively, as before an exam;

Remove the bones from;

Consisting of or made up of bone;