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bones

noun , plural of bone

Synonyms and Antonyms of bones

1 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

Synonyms of bones

2 the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions

I could feel in my bones that I had just met my future wife

Synonyms of bones

belly, blood, bosom, breast, core, gut, heart, heartstrings, inner space, inside, quick, soul

Words Related to bones

conscience, mind

3 a dead body

requested that his bones be buried in the country of his birth

Synonyms of bones

cadaver, carcass, corpse, corpus, corse [archaic], relics, remains, stiff

Words Related to bones

carnage, carrion

deceased, decedent

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