BONE

• (noun) a shade of white the color of bleached bones

  synonyms : ivory , off-white , pearl

• (noun) rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

  synonyms : os

• (noun) the porous calcified substance from which bones are made

  synonyms : osseous tissue

• (verb) remove the bones from

  "bone the turkey before roasting it"

  synonyms : debone

• (verb) study intensively, as before an exam

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

  synonyms : bone up , cram , drum , get up , grind away , mug up , swot , swot up

• (adj.) consisting of or made up of bone

  "a bony substance", "the bony framework of the body"

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