bone

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Noun

1. A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
2. Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of this material.
3. A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
4. A bonefish.
5. One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
6. One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.
7. Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
8. The framework of anything.
9. An off-white colour, like the typical colour of bone.
   • bone:
10. A dollar.
11. The wishbone formation.
12. An erect penis; a boner.
13. A domino or die.
    • Let's head to the casino and roll them bones!
14. A cannabis cigarette; a joint.
15. A reward.

Adjective

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

Verb

1. To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
2. To fertilize with bone.
3. To put whalebone into.
4. To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
   • boning rod
5. To have sexual intercourse (with).
   • Related terms: boned, boner
6. To perform “bone pointing”, a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.
7. To study.
   • bone up
8. To polish boots to a shiny finish.
9. To nag, especially for an unpaid debt.

Adverb

1. Used before an adjective as an intensifier

Verb

1. To apprehend, steal.

Verb

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

Noun

1. Clipping of trombone.

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