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[ bohn-drahy ] / ˈboʊnˈdraɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bone-dry ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivevery dry. very thirsty. Slang. dry (def. 17). Ceramics. (of clay) thoroughly dried. Origin of bone-dryFirst recorded in 1815–25 Words nearby bone-drybone china, bone conduction, bone-crushing, boned, bone density, bone-dry, bone earth, bone felon, bonefish, bone forceps, bone grafting Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bone-dryAlso in his favor, the congressman has a dark, bone-dry sense of humor that plays well with media types. 2012’s Invisible Candidate|Michelle Cottle|August 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST What could have propelled a stale, bone-dry story to the top of the Internet's importance arbiter? Cracking the New York Times Popularity Code|Thomas E. Weber|December 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST When they were well in the centre of the bone-dry fern, Dan nudged Una, who stopped and put on a boot as quickly as she could. Rewards and Fairies|Rudyard Kipling Batteries using wooden separators cannot be shipped "bone-dry," since wooden separators must be kept moist. The Automobile Storage Battery|O. A. Witte
The sun blazed hotly, and the soft yellow bluffs of bone-dry earth reached down to the dry beds of one-time streams. Vanguards of the Plains|Margaret McCarter The San Reve, more fortunately swift, was home in advance of the rain and came in bone-dry. The President|Alfred Henry Lewis Fruits are dried only until leathery, whereas vegetables are dried until they are bone-dry. Every Step in Canning|Grace Viall Gray
British Dictionary definitions for bone-dry
adjectiveinformal - completely drya bone-dry well
- (postpositive)the well was bone dry
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bone-dryparched, arid, scorched, sunbaked, anhydrous, moistureless, bone dry, seared, waterless |