bones
/bəʊnz//boʊnz/noun
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A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.
A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
A bonefish
verb
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To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
To fertilize with bone.
To put whalebone into.
Example: to bone stays
To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
Example: boning rod
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To apprehend, steal.
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To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.
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A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand, often made from bovine ribs.
The act of two fists meeting together in the manner equivalent to a high-five.
The framework or foundation of something.
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A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).
Example: Jim plays the trombone very well.
The common European bittern.