English Dictionary

bone

/ˈboʊn/

noun

(uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.

He buried the bone in the backyard.

意味（1）

(uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.

Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.

意味（2）

(countable) Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.

No Trophee, Sword, nor Hatchment o're his bones.

意味（3）

A bone of a fish; a fishbone.

意味（4）

A bonefish

The reason I rarely fish for Mag Bay bones with a 5-weight or 6-weight is the number of fish that can turn light stuff inside out.

意味（5）

One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.

意味（6）

One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.

意味（7）

Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.

意味（8）

(figuratively) The framework of anything.

意味（9）

An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

bone:

意味（10）

(US, informal) A dollar.

意味（11）

(American football, informal) The wishbone formation.

意味（12）

(slang) An erect penis; a boner.

意味（13）

(slang, chiefly in the plural) A domino or dice.

The Accountant had brought out already a box of dominoes, and was toying architecturally with the bones.

意味（14）

(slang) A cannabis cigarette; a joint.

In between sets I took her outside, sat against a fence near the dumpster, and smoked a bone with her.

意味（15）

(figuratively) A reward.

When I'm a good dog they sometimes throw me a bone in