Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The removal of bones from a carcass; filleting.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The arrangement of bones in a corset.

  3. (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar)An act of sexual intercourse.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Bone structure.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The fertilization of a field with bone meal.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The process or result of leveling using a boning rod.

  7. (countable, uncountable)Placement of a curse by pointing with a bone, practiced by Australian aborigines; an act of pointing the bone.

Forms

plural: bonings
Singularboning
Pluralbonings

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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