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as in die
bones plural a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games the pirates decided their captives' fate with a toss of the bones

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as in heart
usually bones plural the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions I could feel in my bones that I had just met my future wife

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as in dollar
slang a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents in my college days I hadn't a bone to my name

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as in corpse
bones plural a dead body requested that his bones be buried in the country of his birth

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bone

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adverb

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verb

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Recent Examples of bone
Noun
Let the chicken cool completely before storing it in the fridge, and separate the meat from the bones for easier reheating. Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 10 May 2025 Doctors look at more than 195 biomarkers related to health and athletic performance, including hormone levels, bone density, blood sugar, and body mass. Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Outside Online, 9 May 2025
Verb
To ensure the essential supply of chicken for Canadians across the country, the poultry industry as a whole is shifting away from de-boning chicken legs to increase their production capacity. Shelly Hagan, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2020 Late at night in November 2011, Ted Flores was coming home from running errands in Highland, Ind., when a car T-boned his at an intersection. Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019 See All Example Sentences for bone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bone
Noun
  • However, instead of removing the minerals from the water, these devices make the minerals soluble in the water.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2025
  • However, these incidents underscore the importance of regularly updating your devices to stay protected against evolving threats.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The company makes products such as window frames and facades in the country through extrusion, which is the process of pushing aluminum through a die to create a specific shape.
    Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 9 May 2025
  • Many of those infected develop respiratory failure as their lungs fill with fluid and more than a third die.
    Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But most importantly, Cuban wore his heart on his jacket sleeves for fellow entrepreneurs coming onto the show.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 18 May 2025
  • When the call came that a donor heart was available, Robinson was hit with a wave of emotion.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • During his first term, former President Barack Obama struck a deal with Congress: if Senate Republicans backed the New START arms control treaty with Russia, Obama would support investing billions of dollars to modernize the country’s nuclear weapons.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • Final Thoughts The 2025 Motorola Razr captures the essence of the company’s flip phone experience for hundreds of dollars less than competing models.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • Look down and see the five little roach corpses and six live roaches on the ground in the bar and the other three on the ground in kitchen storage.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
  • Every morning, prisoners lined up for inspection alongside the corpses of those who had died in the night heaped in a pile next to them.
    Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • What does dressing in motherhood look like for multi-hyphenate Halle Bailey?
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 10 May 2025
  • Minutes later, a man dressed in red and white robes emerged.
    Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Analysts also see an inclination among some officials to keep certain communications private, not just from spies but also from government recordkeeping.
    Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025
  • Conveniently dovetailing into some of the notions offered this weekend to Trump at Mar-a-Lago by Oscar-winner Voight and his team, Newsom’s pitch of a national tax incentive for big screen and small screen production is clearly aimed to appeal to Trump’s bigger-is-better inclinations.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • As Williams clung to him the way a remora fish clings to the belly of a shark, the refs looked at the carnage — and immediately whistled Joker for a ticky-tack offensive foul.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 May 2025
  • In the picture, Brown — who first stepped out publicly with Newton at Milan Fashion Week in 2022 —cradled her bare belly while just wearing an open white robe.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 12 May 2025

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“Bone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bone. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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