bone

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ delicate, fine

▪

the delicate bones of her face

▪ healthy, strong

▪ brittle, fragile

▪

She was diagnosed as having brittle bones.

▪ broken, cracked, splintered

▪ weary

▪ bleached, dry

▪ ankle, hip, leg, shin, thigh, etc.

▪ animal, human

▪ chicken, dinosaur, fish, etc.

VERB + BONE

▪ break, chip, crack, fracture, shatter

▪ rest

▪

He longed to get home to bed and rest his weary bones.

BONE + NOUN

▪ structure

▪

The black-and-white photographs emphasized her fine bone structure.

▪ marrow

▪

a bone marrow transplant

▪ cancer, disease

▪ graft, transplant

PHRASES

▪ every bone in sb's body

▪

The shock shook every bone in his body.

▪ skin and bone

▪

He's all skin and bone after his illness.

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verb

Bone is used with these nouns as the object: ↑meat

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adv.

Bone is used with these adjectives: ↑dry, ↑idle, ↑tired