What (who) is Bone - definition

MUNICIPALITY OF ALGERIA

Bône; Bone, Algeria; Annaba, Algeria; Annaba (city); Bona (Algeria); Bona, Algeria; Bône, Algeria; ‘Annābah; History of Annaba; Bon, Tunisia; Bona, Tunisia; Bône, Tunisia

bone

$Reduced bone mineral density in Osteoporosis (R), increasing the likelihood of fractures$
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$[[Radiography]] used to identify possible [[bone fracture]]s after a knee injury$

RIGID ORGAN THAT CONSTITUTES PART OF THE ENDOSKELETON OF VERTEBRATES

Bone (Human Anatomy); Bone tissue; Cancellous bone; Osseous; Cancellous tissue; Bone-cell; Spongy bone; Compact bone; Compact Bone; Cortical bone; Cancellous; Compact tissue; Trabeculae of bone; Bone and bones; Osseus; Bony tissue; Cancellous bones; Substantia spongiosa; Substantia spongiosa ossium; Bone development; Cancellated; Woven bone; Lamellar bone; Five funtions of bones; Bone lining cell; Spongy trabeculae; Substantia Spongiosa; Dense bone; Bones; Woven vs. lamellar bone; Osseous tissue; Cortical thickening; Substantia corticalis; Substantia compacta; 🦴

¦ noun

1. any of the pieces of hard, whitish tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates.

(one's bones) one's body.

2. the calcified material of which bones consist.

a thing made of a substance resembling bone, e.g. a strip of stiffening for an undergarment.

3. (in southern Africa) one of a set of carved dice or bones used by traditional healers in divination.

¦ verb

1. remove the bones from (meat or fish) before cooking.

2. (bone up on) informal study (a subject) intensively.

Phrases

bone of contention a source of continuing disagreement.

close to the bone (of a remark) accurate to the point of causing discomfort.

?(of a joke or story) near the limit of decency.

cut (or pare) something to the bone reduce something to the bare minimum.

have a bone to pick with someone informal have reason to disagree or be annoyed with someone.

in one's bones felt or believed deeply or instinctively.

make no bones about have no hesitation in stating or dealing with (something unpleasant).

off (or on) the bone (of meat or fish) having had the bones removed (or left in).

to the bone

1. (of a wound) so deep as to expose a bone.

2. (especially of cold) affecting a person in a penetrating way.

work one's fingers to the bone work very hard.

Derivatives

boned adjective

boneless adjective

Origin

OE ban, of Gmc origin.

bone

$Reduced bone mineral density in Osteoporosis (R), increasing the likelihood of fractures$
$fractures]]$
$[[Radiography]] used to identify possible [[bone fracture]]s after a knee injury$

RIGID ORGAN THAT CONSTITUTES PART OF THE ENDOSKELETON OF VERTEBRATES

part of a skeleton

1) to set a (broken) bone

2) to break, fracture a bone

3) a (broken) bone knits

4) to the bone (chilled/frozen to the bone)

complaint

(colloq.)

5) to pick a bone with smb.

bone

$Reduced bone mineral density in Osteoporosis (R), increasing the likelihood of fractures$
$fractures]]$
$[[Radiography]] used to identify possible [[bone fracture]]s after a knee injury$

RIGID ORGAN THAT CONSTITUTES PART OF THE ENDOSKELETON OF VERTEBRATES

(bones, boning, boned)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

Your bones are the hard parts inside your body which together form your skeleton.

Many passengers suffered broken bones...

Stephen fractured a thigh bone...

The body is made up primarily of bone, muscle, and fat...

She scooped the chicken bones back into the stewpot.

N-VAR

If you bone a piece of meat or fish, you remove the bones from it before cooking it.

Make sure that you do not pierce the skin when boning the chicken thighs...

VERB: V n

A bone tool or ornament is made of bone.

...a small, expensive pocketknife with a bone handle.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

see also marrow bone
, T-bone steak

The bare bones of something are its most basic parts or details.

There are not even the bare bones of a garden here-I've got nothing.

PHRASE

If something is too close to the bone, it makes you feel uncomfortable because it is very close to the truth or to the real nature of something.

PHRASE: usu v-link PHR

If you make no bones about something, you talk openly about it, rather than trying to keep it a secret.

Some of them make no bones about their political views.

PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR about n

If you make no bones about doing something that is unpleasant or difficult or that might upset someone else, you do it without hesitating.

Stafford-Clark made no bones about reapplying for the job when Daldry was standing for it.

PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR about -ing

If something such as costs are cut to the bone, they are reduced to the minimum possible.

It has survived by cutting its costs to the bone...

Profit margins have been slashed to the bone in an attempt to keep turnover moving.

PHRASE: PHR after v

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You use to the bone to indicate that you are very deeply affected by something. For example, if you feel chilled to the bone, your whole body feels extremely cold, often because you have had a shock.

What I saw chilled me to the bone.

PHRASE: PHR after v

Wikipedia

Annaba

Annaba (Arabic: عنّابة, lit "Place of the Jujubes"; Berber languages: Aânavaen), formerly known as Bon, Bona and Bône, is a seaport city in the northeastern corner of Algeria, close to the border with Tunisia. Annaba is near the small Seybouse River and is in the Annaba Province. With a population of about 464,740 (2019) and 1,000,000 for the metropole, Annaba is the third-largest city and the leading industrial center in Algeria.

Annaba is a coastal city that underwent significant growth during the 20th century. Annaba has a metropolitan area with a higher population density than the other metropolitan areas of the Algerian coastline, such as Oran and Algiers. Much of eastern and southern Algeria uses the services, equipment and infrastructure of Annaba. Economically, it is the centre for various economic activities, such as industry, transportation, finance, and tourism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annaba

Pronunciation examples for Bone

1. bone.

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2. bone.

2312 _ Kim Stanley Robinson _ Talks at Google

3. through the bone, through bone conduction.

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4. Subject: bone; focal point: bone, right?

Clean, Well-Lighted, Sentences _ Janis Bell _ Talks at Google

5. Bone juice.

The Skinnytaste Cookbook - Light on Calories, Big on Flavor _ Gina Homolka _ Talks at Google

Examples of use of Bone

1. It is known that they do two things: increase the mineral content of the bone, known as bone mineral density (BMD), and reduce the rate of bone turnover.

2. "There‘s an expression here, ‘Trini to the bone‘ – well, I‘ve always been English to the bone.

3. I donated bone marrow, through the British Bone Marrow registry last December (22nd). I chose the traditional method of bone harvest via the pelvic region under general anaesthetic.

4. It was known to be better at increasing bone density and reducing bone turnover than Actonel.

5. She said "The cartilage had gone down to the bone and taken some bone with it.