bones

Definition of Bones in English :

Noun

1. bones, castanets, clappers, finger cymbals

a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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plural noun

the human skeleton or body

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n.

1.

a. The dense, semirigid, porous, calcified connective tissue forming the major portion of the skeleton of most vertebrates. It consists of a dense organic matrix and an inorganic, mineral component.

b. Any of numerous anatomically distinct structures making up the skeleton of a vertebrate animal. There are more than 200 different bones in the human body.

c. A piece of bone.

2. bones

a. The skeleton.

b. The body: These old bones don't do much dancing anymore.

c. Mortal remains: His bones are buried up on the hill.

3. An animal structure or material, such as ivory, resembling bone.

4. Something made of bone or of material resembling bone, especially:

a. A piece of whalebone or similar material used as a corset stay.

b. bones Informal Dice.

5. bones The fundamental plan or design, as of the plot of a book.

6.

a. bones Flat clappers made of bone or wood originally used by the end man in a minstrel show.

b. Bones (used with a sing. verb) The end man in a minstrel show.

7. Vulgar Slang The penis.

v. boned, bon·ing, bones

v.tr.

1. To remove the bones from: bone a fish.

2. To stiffen (a piece of clothing) with stays, as of whalebone.

3. Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with. Used especially of a man.

v.intr.

Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse.

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