Bone vs. Debone

Bone vs. Debone — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Bone and Debone

Bonenoun

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

Deboneverb

(ambitransitive) To remove the bones from.

I am deboning a fish.

Bonenoun

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

Deboneverb

remove the bones from;

bone the turkey before roasting it

Bonenoun

A bone of a fish; a fishbone.

Bonenoun

A bonefish

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Bonenoun

One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.

Bonenoun

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

Bonenoun

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

Bonenoun

(figurative) The framework of anything.

Bonenoun

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

Bonenoun

A dollar.

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Bonenoun

The wishbone formation.

Bonenoun

(slang) An erect penis; a boner.

Bonenoun

A domino or dice.

Bonenoun

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Boneadjective

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

Boneverb

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

Boneverb

To fertilize with bone.

Boneverb

To put whalebone into.

to bone stays

Boneverb

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

boning rod

Boneverb

To have sexual intercourse with.

Boneverb

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

Boneverb

(usually with "up") To study.

bone up

Boneverb

To polish boots to a shiny finish.

Boneverb

To apprehend, steal.

Boneverb

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

Bonenoun

rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

Bonenoun

the porous calcified substance from which bones are made

Bonenoun

a shade of white the color of bleached bones

Boneverb

study intensively, as before an exam;

I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam

Boneverb

remove the bones from;

bone the turkey before roasting it

Boneadjective

consisting of or made up of bone;

a bony substancethe bony framework of the body