bones
IPA: bˈoʊnz
noun
- A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand, often made from bovine ribs.
- (informal) The act of two fists meeting together in the manner equivalent to a high-five.
- (plural only) The framework or foundation of something.
- A surname.
- A surgeon.
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Examples of "bones" in Sentences
- This gives me aching bones on the legs.
- They had to go between the bones of the arm near the wrist.
- The human cranium is composed of distinct bones that encompass the brain.
- Cortical bone is the hard outer shell of bones and the middle of long bones.
- Shin guards can help protect the knee joint and the frontal bones of the leg.
- All the bones well ossified, cranial bones and pelvic bones highly sculptured.
- She broke two leg bones after slipping on a patch of black ice and was hospitalized for a month.
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