Synonyms for bone
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1. bone, osnoun

   rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

   Synonyms:
   atomic number 76, off-white, operating system, oculus sinister, ivory, osmium, pearl, os, osseous tissue

   Antonyms:
   boneless

2. bone, osseous tissuenoun

   the porous calcified substance from which bones are made

   Synonyms:
   off-white, os, pearl, ivory, osseous tissue

   Antonyms:
   boneless

3. bone, ivory, pearl, off-whiteadjective

   a shade of white the color of bleached bones

   Synonyms:
   drop, off-white, ivory, bead, pearl, os, osseous tissue, tusk

   Antonyms:
   boneless

4. boneverb

   consisting of or made up of bone

   "a bony substance"; "the bony framework of the body"

   Antonyms:
   boneless

5. cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, boneverb

   study intensively, as before an exam

   "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"

   Synonyms:
   prink, rise, prepare, stand up, bone up, ram, fancy up, deck out, elevate, uprise, jam, trick up, rig out, tog up, grind away, lift, deck up, drum, arise, swot up, gussy up, mug up, attire, dress up, swot, tog out, organise, beat, thrum, chock up, wad, raise, work up, trick out, get up, turn out, cram, bring up, devise, fig out, organize, jampack, overdress, debone, machinate, fig up

   Antonyms:
   boneless

6. bone, deboneverb

   remove the bones from

   "bone the turkey before roasting it"

   Synonyms:
   grind away, cram, mug up, swot up, get up, bone up, debone, drum, swot

   Antonyms:
   boneless

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1. vertebra

   a bone from the spine

   the animal has a meter wide bone.

   Submitted by rinat on November 22, 2015  

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1. bonenoun

   Synonyms:
   (little) ossicle, osselet

2. bonenoun

   Associated words:
   osteology, osteography, ossify, ossification, ossiferous, ossific, splint, marrow, ossivorous, ossuary, osteoplasty, caries, osteopathy, solen, necrosis, gangrene, rongeur, impaction, calcify, calcification, bursa, ossein, ossifying, ostalgia, ossifragous, skeleton

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1. List of paraphrases for "bone":

   bony, bones, hueso, marrow, apple, knob, longnose, skeletal, acrylic

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1. List of known nicknames for "Bone":

   Bone Hampton, Vernard 'Bone' Hampton, Comedian Bone

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1. Hero Hector Guadalupe '':

   They're learning anatomy, bone structure, kinesiology, they're taught also... how to just be effective coaches.

2. Mike Elliott:

   Whiskey 7 has a soul of her own. A spirit. You can feel it, just getting in this aircraft and hearing the engine start up, man, you just get this bone-chilling feeling that goes through your body. It's an overwhelming experience.

3. Steve Brusatte:

   We read reports about a German geology student who in the 1970s found fragments of bone, but didn't know what to make of them, we went back to the site and found that there weren't just a few fragments, but a mass graveyard!

4. Matt Perkins:

   They came in, dug up the bone, saw that it was fairly large and at that point told us,' Too big to be human. Not our concern anymore,'.

5. Anne Winther:

   We found a relationship between higher screen time and lower bone mineral density in boys, we are not able to detect causality with this study design, but it is likely that screen time is an indicator of a lifestyle that has negative impact on bone mass acquisition.