Health / B1

BOHN/bəʊn/

A bone is a hard part of the skeleton: break a bone; a broken bone. Skeleton is the whole frame; joint is where bones meet. Bone density and bone marrow appear in health texts; boneless is for food. Skin and bone means extremely thin; make no bones about means speak frankly — an idiom, not anatomy.

Meaning

One of the hard parts that form the skeleton of a person or animal.

Examples

• “He broke a bone in his wrist.”
• “She fractured a bone in her ankle.”
• “The X-ray showed no broken bones.”

Good to know

break / fracture a bone. Whole frame: skeleton. Health: bone density. Food: boneless.

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