bone

/bˈoʊn/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
2. the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
3. a shade of white the color of bleached bones

adjective

1. consisting of or made up of bone
   “a bony substance”

verb

1. study intensively, as before an exam
   “I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam”
2. remove the bones from
   “bone the turkey before roasting it”

Synonyms for bone

• os
• osseous tissue
• ivory
• pearl
• off-white
• bony
• cram
• grind away
• drum
• bone up
• swot
• get up
• mug up
• swot up
• debone

Words that rhyme with bone

• stone
• tone
• unknown
• drone
• alone
• zone
• backbone
• cone
• throne
• baritone
• clone
• monotone
• phone
• cornerstone
• hone
• intone
• loan
• lone
• millstone
• roan
• telephone
• undertone
• anemone
• atone
• blown
• brownstone
• capstone
• chaperone
• cherrystone
• cobblestone