bones

Meanings

Noun

• 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 dance
• rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
• the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
• a shade of white the color of bleached bones
• plural of bone
• A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand, often made from bovine ribs.
• A pair of dice for gambling.
• Synonym of fist bump.
• The framework or foundation of something.

Verb

• study intensively, as before an exam
• remove the bones from
• third-person singular simple present indicative of bone

Synonyms

bone, bone up, castanets, clappers, cram, debone, drum, finger cymbals, fist bump, get up, grind away, ivory, mug up, off-white, os, osseous tissue, pearl, props, swot, swot up

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