Complete Definition of "bone"

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English
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Pronunciation
IPA|/b��n/
audio|en-us-bone.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��n|-��n

Etymology 1
Old English ban#Old English|b�n. Cognate with Dutch been, German Bein �leg�.

Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. colour of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
  2. colloquial of something that is rubbish or broken

Noun
Image:Humerus ant.jpg|thumb|64px|An animal bone
en-noun|s|-

  1. uncountable A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
  2. countable Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.
  3. A bone of a fish; a fishbone
  4. One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
  5. colour an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

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  1. context|US|colloquial A dollar.
  2. slang An erect penis; a boner.
  3. slang domino|Dominoes or dice.
  4. slang form of|shortened form|trombone

Synonyms
italbrac-colon|rigid parts of a corset rib, stay

Translations
trans-top|material
Afrikaans: been
Aramaic:
:Syriac: �ܪܡ� (garm�, garmo) m
:Hebrew: �ר�� (garm�, garmo) m
Bosnian: kost f
Bulgarian: ко�� (kost) f
Catalan: os m
Chinese, Simplified: 骨质 (g�zhì)
Chinese, Traditional: 骨質
Croatian: kost f
Czech: kost f
Dutch: been#Dutch|been n
Finnish: luu#Finnish|luu
French: os#French|os m
German: Knochen m, Gebeine f|p, old-fashioned: Bein n
Greek: κ�καλο (kókalo) m
Hebrew: עצ� (etzem) m
Hindi: हड�ड� (ha.d.dī), �स�थि (asthi)
Icelandic: bein
Italian: osso#Italian|osso m
trans-mid
Japanese: 骨 (��, hone)
Korean: � (ppyeo)
Latvian: kauls m
Malayalam: �ല�ല� (ellu)
Old English: ban#Old English|b�n
Persian: FAchar|استخ�ا� (ostokhw�n)
Polish: ko�� f
Portuguese: osso m
Russian: ко��� (kost�) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ко��#Serbian|ко�� f
:Roman: kost#Serbian|kost f
Slovak: kosť#Slovak|kosť f
Spanish: hueso m
Swedish: ben#Swedish|ben n
Turkish: kemik
Urdu: URchar|��� (ha.d.dī), URchar|استھ� (asthi)
Vietnamese: (chất) xương
Welsh: asgwrn f
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trans-top|component of a skeleton
Afrikaans: been
Albanian: kockë f
Arabic: ARchar|عظ� (�a�m)
Aramaic:
:Syriac: �ܪܡ� (garm�, garmo) m
:Hebrew: �ר�� (garm�, garmo) m
Bosnian: kost#Bosnian|kost f
Bulgarian: ко�� (kost) f
Catalan: os m (p: ossos)
Chinese, Simplified: 骨 (g�), 骨头 (g�tóu)
Chinese, Traditional: 骨 (g�), 骨頭 (g�tóu)
Croatian: kost#Croatian|kost f
Czech: kost f
Danish: knogle, ben
Dutch: bot#Dutch|bot n
Finnish: luu#Finnish|luu
French: os#French|os m
German: Knochen m
Greek: ο��� (ostó) n
Hawaiian: iwi
Hebrew: עצ� (etzem) m
Hindi: हड�ड� (ha.d.dī), �स�थि (asthi)
Hungarian: csont
Icelandic: bein
Indonesian: tulang
Interlingua: osso#Interlingua|osso
Italian: osso#Italian|osso m (plural: ossa f)
trans-mid
Japanese: 骨 (��, hone)
Korean: � (ppyeo)
Kurdish: KUchar|ئ�س�ا�, KUchar|س��ا�
Latin: os#Latin|os
Latvian: kauls m
Maltese: għadma
Maori: iwi
Old English: ban#Old English|b�n
Persian: FAchar|استخ�ا� (ostokhw�n)
Pitjantjatjara: tarka
Polish: ko�� f
Portuguese: osso m
Russian: ко��� (kost�) f
Sardinian: ossu m
Scottish Gaelic: cnàimh m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ко��#Serbian|ко�� f
:Roman: kost#Serbian|kost f
Slovak: kosť#Slovak|kosť f
Slovene: kost f
Spanish: hueso m
Swedish: ben#Swedish|ben n
Telugu: �మ�� (emuka), బ�మి�� (bomike), బ���� (bokka)
Turkish: kemik
Urdu: URchar|��� (ha.d.dī), URchar|استھ� (asthi)
Vietnamese: xÆ°Æ¡ng
Welsh: asgwrn f
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trans-top|fishbone
Finnish: ruoto
French: arête f
German: Gräte f, Fischgräte f
Hungarian: szálka
trans-mid
Maltese: xewka f
Portuguese: espinha f
Spanish: espina f
Vietnamese: màu xương
Welsh: blew pysgodyn n|p
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trans-top|corset part
Finnish: luu, valaanluu
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trans-top|colour
Finnish: luunvalkoinen
Icelandic: beinhvítur
Italian: osseo m
trans-mid
Maltese: abjad maħmuġ
Swedish: benvit
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Azerbaijani: sümük
ttbc|Balkar:süjek
ttbc|Bashkir: höjäk
ttbc|Breton: askorn m, eskern p
ttbc|Dolgan: o�uok
ttbc|Guarani: kangue
ttbc|Halach: simik
ttbc|Indonesian: tulang
ttbc|Interlingua: osso
ttbc|Karahan: sü�ük
ttbc|Karakalpak: süjek
ttbc|Kazakh: sujek
ttbc|Kumyuk: süjek
ttbc|Kyrgyz: söök
ttbc|Lojban: bongu
ttbc|Low Saxon: knaoken, bunken, been#Low Saxon|been
ttbc|Manchu: (giranggi)
:ttbc|Proto Tunguz Manchu: si�a-
ttbc|Middle Turkish: sü�ek
ttbc|Mongolian: �� (yas)
:ttbc|Old Mongolian: Å¡i'a
ttbc|Nogay: süjek
ttbc|Orkhun: sü�ök
ttbc|Proto Altaic: sì�ù
ttbc|Proto Mongolian: si�a
ttbc|Romanian: os#Romanian|os n
ttbc|Salar: senix
ttbc|Tupinambá: kanga (in the body), kangûera (outside the body)
ttbc|Turkish: kemik
:ttbc|Proto Turkish: si�ök
ttbc|Turkomen: sü�k, süjek
ttbc|Uigur: sö�äk
:ttbc|Old Uigur: sü�ük
ttbc|Uzbek: sujak
ttbc|Yiddish: �ּײ� (bayn)
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Verb
en-verb|bon|ing

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

#:"They boned the roast before placing it in the oven."

  1. context|transitive|vulgar|slang To have sexual intercourse with.

#:So, did you bone her?

Synonyms
(remove the bone from): debone
(have sexual intercourse with): bonk (British), do, fuck, screw, shag (British)

Translations
trans-top|to remove bones
Catalan: desossar
Finnish: poistaa luu#Finnish|luut
French: désosser
German: entbeinen, ausbeinen
Italian: disossare
trans-mid
Portuguese: desosssar
Russian: �нима�� м��о �#Russian|� ко���|ко��ей
Spanish: (meat) deshuesar, (fish) quitar las espinas
Swedish: bena ur (of fish)
Vietnamese: gỡ xương
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trans-top|slang: have sexual intercourse with
Finnish: naida, nussia
Hebrew: ����� (lezayén), ��פ�ק (lidfók)
Italian: fottere, scopare
trans-mid
Portuguese: transar, foder
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Derived terms
top4
auditory bone
be skin and bone
bone ash
bone marrow
bone meal
bone of contention
bone spavin
bone structure
bone turquoise
bone up
boned
bone-dry
bonefish
bonehead
boneless
boner
boney
bonesetter
boneshaker
boneyard
bonfire
bony
breastbone
mid4
bred in the bone
cannon bone
capitate bone
close to the bone
coffin bone
collarbone
condyle
crazy bone
cuboid bone
cuneiform bone
dembones
debone
dog bone
ethmoid bone
feel it in one's bones
fishbone
frontal bone
funny bone
greenstick fracture
hamate bone
hamulus
have a bone in one's throat
have a bone to pick with
heel bone
mid4
hipbone
hyoid bone
innominate bone
intermediate cuneiform bone
jawbone
keep one's bone green
lacrimal bone
lamella
lateral cuneiform bone
long bone
lucky-bone
lunate bone
make no bones about
mastoid bone
medial cuneiform bone
membrane bone
nasal bone
navicular bone
near the bone
not make old bones
occipital bone
otic bone
palatine bone
mid4
parietal bone
pisiform bone
pull bone
pulley bone
rag-and-bone man
ringbone
scaphoid bone
shinbone
sphenoid bone
splint bone
stirrup bone
T-bone steak
temporal bone
throw a bone to
to the bare bones
to the bone
trapezoid bone
triquetral bone
vomer bone
wishbone
work one's fingers to the bone
zygomatic bone

Related terms
top3
exostosis
myositis ossificans
ossature
ossein
osseous
ossicle
ossification
ossify
ossuary
osteal
mid3
osteitis
osteoblast
osteoclasis
osteoclast
osteocyte
osteogenesis
osteolysis
osteoma
osteomalacia
mid3
osteomyelitis
osteophyte
osteoplastic
osteoplasty
osteoporosis
osteosarcoma
osteosis
osteotome
osteotomy

See also
top3
coccygeal vertebra
cervical vertebra
calcaneus
carpal
acetabulum
clavicle
coccyx
costa
cranium
distal phalange
femur
fibula
humerus
ilium
incus
inferior nasal concha
intermediate phalange
mid3
ischium
kneecap
lumbar vertebra
malleus
mandible
maxilla
metacarpal
metatarsal
orthopedic
os coxae
patella
pelvic girdle
pelvis
phalanx
proximal phalange
pubis
radius
mid3
rib
sacral vertebra
sacrum
scapula
shoulder blade
skeleton
skull
stapes
sternum
talus
tarsal
thoracic vertebra
tibia
trapezium
ulna
vertebra
Wiktionary Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

External links
w:List of bones of the human skeleton|Wikipedia list of bones in the human skeleton

Etymology 2
Origin unknown; probably related in some way to Etymology 1, above.

Verb
en-verb|bon|es

  1. context|transitive|slang To apprehend, steal.

#*1942: Therefore she wants to take results that belong to other people: she wants to bone everybody else's loaf. � Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 802)

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Colors
Category:Skeleton
Category:Whites


Esperanto

Adverb
eo-adv

  1. well, OK

Ido

Etymology
From bona, good.

Adverb
infl|io|adverb

  1. well

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