Word BONE: meanings, synonyms & antonyms

bone

🇺🇸 [bəʊn]

Meanings

A hard, dense structure that makes up the skeleton in vertebrates. Bones support and protect organs, enable movement, and store calcium. The word can also refer to the hard, inedible part of a fish or bird.

Examples

• The doctor examined the broken bone and set it in a cast.
• The archaeologist discovered ancient bones buried in the cave.
• I don’t like eating fish with bones in it.

Synonyms

skeleton • framework • structure

Antonyms

flesh • muscle • tissue