See Also: bone 1, noun(dictionary)
bone(2)(dictionary)
Bone(health)
Bone(medicine)
bone(dictionary)
air-bone gap(medicine)
bone ash(medicine)
bone within a bone(medicine)
bone age(medicine)
bone wax(medicine)

bone 1, noun (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: ban]
[C] one of the hard parts that together form the frame of a human, animal, or fish body
::The X-ray showed that the bone was broken in two places.
hip/leg/cheek etc bone
(=the bone in your hip etc)
::He broke his collar bone.
big-boned/fine-boned/small-boned etc
(=with big etc bones)
::She was tall and big-boned.
::Amelia had inherited her mother's good bone structure .
[U] a substance made of bones
::the bone handle of his dagger
the bare bones
the simplest and most important details of something
::I can't tell you more than the bare bones of what happened.
make no bones about (doing) sth
to not feel nervous or ashamed about doing or saying something
::Mary made no bones about enjoying a drink.
bone of contention
something that causes arguments between people
::The examination system has long been a serious bone of contention in this country.
be chilled/frozen to the bone
to be extremely cold
skin and bone
very thin
::She was all skin and bone.
a bag of bones
someone who is much too thin
feel/know sth in your bones
to be certain that something is true, even though you have no proof and cannot explain why you are certain
::She knew that something good was sure to happen; she could feel it in her bones.
have a bone to pick with sb
spoken used to tell someone that you are annoyed with them and want to talk about it
close to the bone
a remark, statement etc that is close to the bone is close to the truth in a way that may offend someone
::His jokes were a bit close to the bone.
cut sth to the bone
to reduce costs, services etc as much as possible
::Shops cut prices to the bone in the January sales.
on the bone
meat that is served on the bone is still joined to the bone
::a boiled ham on the bone
off the bone
meat that is served off the bone has been cut away from the bone
::roasted duck, off the bone
-see also dry as a bone at dry 1 (1), work your fingers to the bone at work 1 (29)