any of the pieces of hard whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates

his injuries included many broken bones

a shoulder bone

the calcified material of which bones consist

an earring of bone

the basic or essential framework of something

you need to put some flesh on the bones of your idea

remove the bones from (meat or fish) before cooking, serving, or selling

ask your butcher to bone the turkey for you

study (a subject) intensively, typically in preparation for something

she boned up on languages she had learned long ago

have sex with (someone)