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Meaning of bone

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  bone
      adj 1: consisting of or made up of bone; "a bony substance";
             "the bony framework of the body"
      n 1: rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of
           vertebrates [syn: {bone}, {os}]
      2: the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
         [syn: {bone}, {osseous tissue}]
      3: a shade of white the color of bleached bones [syn: {bone},
         {ivory}, {pearl}, {off-white}]
      v 1: study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on
           my Latin verbs before the final exam" [syn: {cram}, {grind
           away}, {drum}, {bone up}, {swot}, {get up}, {mug up}, {swot
           up}, {bone}]
      2: remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it"
         [syn: {bone}, {debone}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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