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bone
has definitions from the fields of color,zoology,education
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[ noun ] (zoology) rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
Synonyms Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)The pressure may come from muscles , tendons , or bones anywhere from the neck to the hand . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Clumps of brush that they passed were so many enchained demons straining in anger to tear and gnaw on his bones . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)The blow encountered silky hair and hard bone . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)Now , driving the horse and sulky borrowed from Mynheer_Schuyler , he felt as if every bone was topped by burning oil and that every muscle was ready to dissolve into jelly and leave his big body helpless and unable to move . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)Beneath his clutch , a flat strip of muscle surged on the bone . Related terms connective_tissue tooth jaw short_bone skull long_bone phalanx scapula rib round_bone lower_jaw turbinate_bone cheekbone sternum marrowbone heelbone cuboid_bone furcula carpal_bone ilium pastern lacrimal_bone ischium tarsal cartilage_bone upper_jaw membrane_bone centrum cannon_bone vertebra ethmoid sacrum hipbone sesamoid_bone bare_bone hyoid sphenoid_bone metacarpal gladiolus manubrium fishbone temporal_bone splint_bone ossicle tympanic_bone sutural_bone vomer zygoma metatarsal palatine nasal clavicle cranium coccyx sinciput calvaria pubis occiput dentine anklebone baculum modiolus xiphoid_process ramus endoskeleton marrow coronoid_process socket condyle bone_cell lamella matrix horn collagen |
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[ noun ] the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
Synonyms Used in print (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)The bone of the vertebral bodies , ribs , and sternum was soft and was easily compressed . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] consisting of or made up of bone
Examples "a bony substance" "the bony framework of the body" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2635
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