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boned

The correct spelling is boned.

How to pronounce boned

/bəʊnd/
verb

IPA: /bəʊnd/

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The correct spelling is boned. To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from. For example: "to bone stays"

Usage Examples

to bone stays

boning rod

bone up

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
  2. 2.To fertilize with bone.
  3. 3.To put whalebone into.
  4. 4.To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
  5. 5.(usually of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.

adjective

  1. 1.(in combination) Having some specific type of bone.
  2. 2.Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
  3. 3.Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
  4. 4.Broken.
  5. 5.Of meat or fish, having had the bones removed before cooking.

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