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. Connecticut State Archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni:

   The bone, for 18th-century, is in good condition, but the compaction of the soil around the bone has been difficult ... its a hard compacted loam with large pockets of clay.

2. Elizabeth Warren:

   The Donald Trump administrations cruelty runs bone-deep. A Elizabeth Warren administration will not rip families apart to try and score political points, the aim is to scare immigrant communities. ... And so, hes going to... do these raids which is a crime against humanity.

3. Elizabeth Smart:

   Elizabeth Smart was held captive by Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, for nine months, and the case captivated the nation just months after the 2002 Winter Olympics took place in Salt Lake City. Elizabeth Smart was raped, tethered to trees by steel cables and left without food and water for days at a time. Elizabeth Smart recalled what Elizabeth Smart said to Brian David Mitchell on the night Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped. There finally came a point where I remember stopping Brian David Mitchell and just saying, ‘ If you're just going to rape and kill me, please do it here,' because in my mind I was thinking I want my parents to know what happened to me, I wanted them to find me even if it was just my body, brian David Mitchell had this smile and it was just, it was bone chilling … Brian David Mitchell said, ‘ I'm not going to rape and murder you. Yet,' Elizabeth Smart added. Wanda Barzee was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2010, and Brian David Mitchell is serving two life terms. Elizabeth Smart will talk about how Elizabeth Smart moved past the harrowing incident 15 years later, according to E ! News. The special will air on Nov. 12 and 13 before the Lifetime original movie.

4. David Mazie:

   This is not a situation where we want people to be worried about and not to proceed with donating bone marrow, the case is about an anesthesiologist who didn't do what Derrick Nelson was supposed to do. This doctor didn't do his job.

5. Superintendent Paul Fehon:

   This bone is from another part of the anatomy.