# bones

Pronunciation: say "BOHNZ" US /boʊnz/, UK /bəʊnz/

## Noun

1. Plural of bone. — plural of bone
   - Simple: Plural of bone. Use this form when you mean more than one bone.
   - _The skeleton in the museum had every one of its bones intact._
   - _Calcium helps keep your bones strong as you grow older._
2. The underlying framework or foundation that gives something its shape and support.
   - Simple: The basic structure that holds something together.
   - _The architect preserved the bones of the historic building during the renovation._
   - _Beneath the rewritten dialogue, the bones of the original story remained._
4. A matched pair of dice thrown in games of chance.
   - Simple: Dice used to play games for money.
   - _The gambler rattled the bones and let them tumble across the felt._
   - _One lucky throw of the bones doubled his stake for the night._
5. A casual greeting in which two people lightly knock their closed fists together. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A friendly greeting made by tapping closed hands together.
   - _He offered bones to each of his teammates as they left the field._
   - _A round of bones went around the circle after the win._
6. A folk percussion instrument played as a pair in one hand, often made from cattle ribs.
   - Simple: A simple instrument made of two short pieces clicked together in one hand.
   - _The percussionist rattled the bones against his palm to drive the reel forward._
   - _An old fiddler accompanied himself with a pair of bones._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present of bone. — third-person singular simple present indicative of bone
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of bone. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _He carefully bones the trout, leaving the two fillets whole._
   - _The butcher bones each cut to order for his customers._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bones (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).