nnoun.artifact(used in the plural) 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 danceDomain Usage:pluralplural form
Synset:castanets clappers finger cymbals
Hypernyms:percussion instrument percussive instrument
Inherited Hypernyms:bonespercussion instrumentmusical instrumentdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.bodyrigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebratesSynset:bone os
Derivationally Related Form:bonyboneybonelet
Substance Holonyms:horn
Part Holonyms:endoskeleton
Hypernyms:connective tissue
Inherited Hypernyms:boneconnective tissueanimal tissuetissuebody partpartthingphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Wormian boneanklebonearcus zygomaticusastragalastragalusbare boneboneletbraincasebrainpanbreastbonecalcaneuscalvariacannon bonecarpalcarpal bonecartilage bonecentrumcheekboneclaviclecoccyxcollarbonecorpus sternumcostacraniumcuboid bonedentindentineethmoidethmoid bonefetter bonefishbonefurculagladiolusheelbonehipbonehyoidhyoid boneiliuminnominate boneischial boneischiumjawjugal bonelacrimal bonelong bonemalarmalar bonemanubriummarrowbonemembrane bonemetacarpalmetacarpal bonemetatarsalmodiolusnasalnasal boneocciputos breveos hyoideumos ischiios longumos nasaleos palatinumos pubisos sesamoideumos sphenoidaleos tarsi fibulareos temporaleos zygomaticumossicleossiculumpalatinepalatine bonepasternphalanxpubic bonepubisramusribround bonesacrumscapulasesamoidsesamoid boneshort boneshoulder bladeshoulder bonesinciputskullskullcapsphenoidsphenoid bonesplint bonesternumsutural bonetail bonetalustarsaltarsal bonetemporal bonetoothturbinalturbinateturbinate bonetympanic bonevertebravomerwrist bonexiphoid processzygomazygomaticzygomatic archzygomatic bone
Substance Meronyms:bone osseous tissue collagen
Part Meronyms:bone cell condyle coronoid process processus coronoideus lamella bone marrow marrow ground substance intercellular substance matrix socket
Full Hyponyms:anklebonearm boneatlasauditory ossicleaxisback toothbare bonebucktoothcalvariacaninecannon bonecapitatecarnassial toothcarpal bonecartilage bonecentrumcervical vertebracheekbonechopchopperclaviclecoccygeal vertebracoccyxconodontcraniumcuboid bonedentinediaphysisepiphysisethmoidfangfemurfibulafishbonefront toothfrontal bonefurculagladiolushamateheelbonehipbonehumerushyoidiliumincisorincusischiumjawlacrimal bonelantern jawleg bonelong bonelower jawlumbar vertebralunate bonemalleusmalposed toothmanubriummarrowbonemembrane bonemetacarpalmetatarsalmodiolusmolarnasalnasal conchaoccipital boneocciputossiclepalatineparietal bonepasternpatellapermanent toothphalanxpisiformpremolarprimary toothpubisradiusramusribround bonesacral vertebrasacrumscaphoid bonescapulasesamoid boneshort bonesinciputskullsphenoid bonesplint bonestapessternumtarsaltemporal bonethoracic vertebratibiatoothtrapeziumtrapezoidtriquetraltrue ribturbinate bonetusktympanic boneulnaupper jawvertebravomerwisdom toothwishbonewormian bonexiphoid processzygoma
nnoun.substancethe porous calcified substance from which bones are madeSynset:bone osseous tissue
Derivationally Related Form:bonebonelet
Substance Holonyms:bone os
Hypernyms:animal material
Inherited Hypernyms:boneanimal materialmaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:boneanimal materialmaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.attributea shade of white the color of bleached bonesSynset:bone ivory off-white pearl
Derivationally Related Form:pearly
Hypernyms:white whiteness
Inherited Hypernyms:bonewhiteachromatic colorcolorvisual propertypropertyattributeabstractionentity
vverb.cognitionstudy intensively, as before an examSynset:bone bone up cram drum get up grind away mug up swot swot up
Examples:- I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
Derivationally Related Form:crammerswot
Hypernyms:hit the books study
Inherited Hypernyms:cramstudylearn
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.changeremove the bones fromTopic:animalanimate beingbeastbrutecreaturefauna
Synset:bone debone
Examples:- bone the turkey before roasting it
Derivationally Related Form:bone
Hypernyms:remove take take away withdraw
Inherited Hypernyms:boneremove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something