bone
A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making…A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
» Have you ever broken a bone?
Hast du dir schon einmal einen Knochen gebrochen?
У тебя был когда-нибудь перелом кости?
Ты когда-нибудь ломал кость?
Ты когда-нибудь ломала кость?
Вы когда-нибудь ломали кость?
Ты себе когда-нибудь что-нибудь ломал?
Ты себе когда-нибудь что-нибудь ломала?
Вы себе когда-нибудь что-нибудь ломали?
У тебе колись був перелом?
У тебе колись були переломи?
Meaning
15 senses(uncountable)A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
Knochen, Gebeine, Bein
костьkostʹ
кі́сткаkístka, кістьkistʹ
(countable)Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of this material.
(countable, uncountable)A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
Gräte, Fischgräte
костьkostʹ, ко́сточкаkóstočka
(countable, uncountable)A bonefish.
(countable, uncountable)One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
(countable, uncountable)One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.
(countable, uncountable)Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)The framework of anything.
(countable, uncountable)An off-white colour, like the typical colour of bone.
(US, countable, in the plural, informal, uncountable)A dollar.
(countable, informal, uncountable)The wishbone formation.
(countable, slang, uncountable)An erect penis; a boner.
- a shade of white the color of bleached bones
- rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
- the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
Examples
459 sentencesHave you ever broken a bone?
У тебе колись був перелом?
ruУ тебя был когда-нибудь перелом кости?
deHast du dir schon einmal einen Knochen gebrochen?
Tom gave his dog a bone.
Том дав своєму собаці кість.
ruТом дал своему псу кость.
deTom gab seinem Hund einen Knochen.
Tom is all skin and bones.
Том - сама шкіра та кості.
ruТом чисто кожа да кости.
deTom ist nur Haut und Knochen.
Tom gave a bone to his dog.
Том дав своєму собаці кість.
ruТом дал своему псу кость.
I don't like to eat fish with many bones.
Я не люблю їсти костисту рибу.
ruНе люблю есть костистую рыбу.
deIch esse nicht gern Fische, die viele Gräten haben.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English bon, from Old English bān (“bone, tusk; the bone of a limb”), from ProFrom Middle English bon, from Old English bān (“bone, tusk; the bone of a limb”), from Proto-Germanic *bainą (“bone”), from *bainaz (“straight”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, strike, beat”).
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Forms
plural: bonesSynonyms
8 synonyms- a shade of white the color of bleached bones:ivorypearloff-white
- rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates:os
- the porous calcified substance from which bones are made:osseous tissue
Word family
137 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable