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WIKTIONARY
bone
Noun
  • ∙ A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates. uncountable
  • ∙ Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone. countable
  • ∙ A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
  • ∙ One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
  • ∙ Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
  • ∙ The framework of anything. figuratively
  • ∙ An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
  • ∙ A dollar. US, informal
  • ∙ An erect penis; a boner. slang
  • ∙ Dominoes or dice. slang
  • ∙ Short for trombone. slang
Adjective
  • ∙ Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
Verb
  • ∙ To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
  • ∙ To fertilize with bone.
  • ∙ To put whalebone into.
  • ∙ To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line. civil engineering
  • ∙ To have sexual intercourse with. vulgar, slang, of a man
  • ∙ To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim. Australia, dated, in Aboriginal culture
  • ∙ To study. usually with "up"
  • ∙ To polish boots to a shiny finish.
Verb
  • ∙ To apprehend, steal. transitive, slang
Verb
  • ∙ To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line. carpentry, masonry, surveying