[bəʊn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- any of the pieces of hard whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates
(e.g: his injuries included many broken bones)

- the calcified material of which bones consist
(e.g: an earring of bone)

- the basic or essential framework of something
(e.g: you need to put some flesh on the bones of your idea)


Phrases:
- bone of contention
- close to the bone
- cut something to the bone
- have a bone to pick with someone
- in one's bones
- make no bones about
- make old bones
- not have a — bone in one's body
- off the bone
- on the bone
- on the bones of one's arse
- point the bone at
- throw someone a bone
- to the bone
- what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh
- work one's fingers to the bone

Origin:
Old English bān, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch been and German Bein

[bəʊn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- remove the bones from (meat or fish) before cooking, serving, or selling
(e.g: ask your butcher to bone the turkey for you)

- study (a subject) intensively, typically in preparation for something
(e.g: she boned up on languages she had learned long ago)

- have sex with (someone)


Phrases:
- bone of contention
- close to the bone
- cut something to the bone
- have a bone to pick with someone
- in one's bones
- make no bones about
- make old bones
- not have a — bone in one's body
- off the bone
- on the bone
- on the bones of one's arse
- point the bone at
- throw someone a bone
- to the bone
- what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh
- work one's fingers to the bone

Origin:
Old English bān, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch been and German Bein

[bəʊn], (Noun)

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