Meaning & use
bone
One of the hard, rigid structures that form the skeleton of a vertebrate animal.
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The X-ray showed a small fracture in the bone just above her wrist.
The dog buried its bone in the backyard for later.
A note on using this word
"Bone" appears in many idioms, such as "bone of contention" for a source of disagreement and "feel it in my bones" for a strong hunch.
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