to remove the bones from (a piece of meat or fish)
debone in American English
(diˈboʊn; dɪˈboʊn)
verb transitiveWord forms: deˈboned or deˈboning
bone (sense 9)
debone in American English
(diˈboun)
transitive verbWord forms: -boned, -boning
to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone
Before cooking, the chicken breasts should be deboned with a small, sharp knife
Derived forms
deboner
noun
Word origin
[1940–45; de- + bone]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rh factor, debrief, redline, snorkel, whiteoutde- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin (decide); also used to indicate privation, removal, and separation (dehumidify), negation (demerit; derange), descent (degrade; deduce), reversal (detract), or intensity (decompound)
Examples of 'debone' in a sentence
debone
Remove the chicken skin and debone the thighs, removing gristle.