Meaning

15 senses
  1. (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

  2. (countable)Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of this material.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A bone of a fish; a fishbone.

    Gräte, Fischgräte

    костьkostʹ, ко́сточкаkóstočka

  4. (countable, uncountable)A bonefish.

  5. (countable, uncountable)One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.

  6. (countable, uncountable)One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.

  7. (countable, uncountable)Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.

  8. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)The framework of anything.

  9. (countable, uncountable)An off-white colour, like the typical colour of bone.

  10. (US, countable, in the plural, informal, uncountable)A dollar.

  11. (countable, informal, uncountable)The wishbone formation.

  12. (countable, slang, uncountable)An erect penis; a boner.

More definitions
  • 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 sentences
  1. Have you ever broken a bone?

    У тебе колись був перелом? — deniko

    ruУ тебя был когда-нибудь перелом кости? — Lenin_1917

    deHast du dir schon einmal einen Knochen gebrochen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom gave his dog a bone.

    Том дав своєму собаці кість. — deniko

    ruТом дал своему псу кость. — Wezzel

    deTom gab seinem Hund einen Knochen. — pullnosemans

  3. Tom is all skin and bones.

    Том - сама шкіра та кості. — deniko

    ruТом чисто кожа да кости. — Ooneykcall

    deTom ist nur Haut und Knochen. — mhr

  4. Tom gave a bone to his dog.

    Том дав своєму собаці кість. — deniko

    ruТом дал своему псу кость. — Wezzel

  5. I don't like to eat fish with many bones.

    Я не люблю їсти костисту рибу. — deniko

    ruНе люблю есть костистую рыбу. — odexed

    deIch esse nicht gern Fische, die viele Gräten haben. — Manfredo

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
component of a skeleton:
material:
Русский
By meaning 2
component of a skeleton:
fishbone:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
component of a skeleton:
material:
fishbone:

Origin

From Middle English bon, from Old English bān (“bone, tusk; the bone of a limb”), from Pro

From 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: bones

Synonyms

8 synonyms
rigid parts of a corset:ribB2stayB1
Close in meaning
  • 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 words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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