Definition of bone

"bone" in the noun sense

1. bone, os

rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

2. bone, osseous tissue

the porous calcified substance from which bones are made

3. bone, ivory, pearl, off-white

a shade of white the color of bleached bones

"bone" in the verb sense

1. cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone

study intensively, as before an exam

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

2. bone, debone

remove the bones from

"bone the turkey before roasting it"

"bone" in the adjective sense

1. bone

consisting of or made up of bone

"a bony substance"

"the bony framework of the body"

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Quotations for bone

Two cats and one mouse,
Two wives in one house,
Two dogs at one bone,
Can never agree in one. [ Proverb ]

A good dog deserves a good bone. [ Proverb ]

There is a bone for you to pick. [ Proverb ]

Fair words never break a bone,
Foul words have broke many a one. [ Proverb ]

Two dogs over one bone seldom agree. [ Proverb ]

The world goes whispering to its own,
This anguish pierces to the bone;
And tender friends go sighing round,
What love can ever cure this wound?
My days go on, my days go on. [ E. B. Browning ]

A good bone never falls to a good dog. [ French Proverb ]

He that will be served must be patient. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Flesh of flesh,
Bone of my bone, thou art, and from thy state
Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe. [ Milton ]

A dog will not cry if you beat him with a bone. [ Proverb ]

In the mouth of a bad dog falls often a good bone. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Into the mouth of a bad dog falls many a good bone. [ Proverb ]

The dog gnaws the bone because he cannot swallow it. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

What of them is left, to tell
Where they lie, and how they fell?
Not a stone on their turf, nor a bone in their graves:
But they live in the Verse that immortally saves. [ Byron ]

Cast a bone in the devil's teeth and it will save you. [ Proverb ]

The tongue breaks the bone, though it hath none itself. [ Proverb ]

He that bestows but a bone on you would not have you die. [ Proverb ]

Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it. [ Proverb ]

That which is bred in the bone will never come out in the flesh. [ Proverb ]

Were it not for the bone in the leg all the world would turn carpenters. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Man is an animal that makes bargains; no other animal does this, - one dog does not change a bone with another. [ Adam Smith ]

Beauty, wit, high birth, vigor of bone, desert in service, love, friendship, charity, are subjects all to envious and calumniating time. [ William Shakespeare ]

bone in Scrabble®

The word bone is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters bone:

BONE
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word bone

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The 115 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In bone

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bone in Words With Friends™

The word bone is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters bone:

BONE
(48)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word bone

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Words within the letters of bone

2 letter words in bone (4 words)

3 letter words in bone (4 words)

4 letter words in bone (1 word)

bone + 1 blank (7 words)

Word Growth involving bone

Shorter words in bone

on one

Longer words containing bone

aitchbone aitchbones

anklebone

backbone backboned

backbone backboneless backbonelessness

backbone backbones

barebone bareboned

barebone barebones

bonecell bonecells

boned backboned

boned bareboned

boned deboned

boned herringboned

boned multiboned

boned strongboned

boned unboned

boneheaded

boneheads

boneless backboneless backbonelessness

boneless bonelessly

boneless bonelessness backbonelessness

bonelet bonelets

bonelike

bonemarrow bonemarrows

bonemeal bonemeals

bones aitchbones

bones backbones

bones barebones

bones boneset bonesets

bones boneset bonesetted

bones boneset bonesetter bonesetters

bones boneset bonesetting

bones boneshaker boneshakers

bones breastbones

bones cheekbones

bones chinbones

bones collarbones

bones crossbones

bones cuttlebones

bones debones

bones fishbones

bones funnybones

bones heelbones

bones herringbones

bones hipbones

bones hucklebones

bones jawbones

bones knucklebones

bones lazybones

bones legbones

bones marrowbones

bones sawbones sawboneses

bones shinbones

bones spinebones

bones tailbones

bones thighbones

bones trombones

bones umbones

bones unbones

bones wishbones

bones wristbones

boney boneyard boneyards

breakbone

breastbone breastbones

cheekbone cheekbones

chinbone chinbones

collarbone collarbones

cuttlebone cuttlebones

debone deboned

debone deboner deboners

debone debones

fishbone fishbones

funnybone funnybones

heelbone heelbones

herringbone herringboned

herringbone herringbones

hipbone hipbones

hucklebone hucklebones

jawbone jawbones

knucklebone knucklebones

legbone legbones

marrowbone marrowbones

multibone multiboned

shinbone shinbones

spinebone spinebones

tailbone tailbones

thighbone thighbones

trombone trombones

unbone unboned

unbone unbones

whalebone

wishbone wishbones

wristbone wristbones