bone

[US]/bəʊn/
[UK]/boʊn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the hard tissue forming the skeleton of a vertebrate; a bone
vt. remove the bones from (meat or fish)
vi. study hard; concentrate on something

Phrases & Collocations

bone density

bone fracture

bone marrow

bone health

to the bone

bone loss

bone formation

bone graft

bone china

long bone

cancellous bone

bare bones

bone cement

broken bone

bone of contention

nasal bone

bone meal

bone matrix

oracle bone

jaw bone

cortical bone

Example Sentences

a reduction in bone density.

a primary bone tumour.

bone tissue will be resorbed.

a styliform bone or appendage.

a bone-shaker of a van.

a heterogenous bone transplant.

nubbins of bone or cartilage.

the crunch of bone when it is sundered.

I've a bone to pick with you.

A broken bone can knit.

gigantic bones of antediluvian animals.

the bare bones of the plot.

some breakage of bone has occurred.

I'm chilled to the bone .

where the two bones join.

bone marrow cells were sampled.

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