bones

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any of the hard parts inside a human or animal that make up its frame:

The child was so thin that you could see her bones.

human/animal bones

the bone in meat or fish:

There's still a lot of meat left on the bone - shall I slice some off for you?

I don't like fish because I hate the bones.

a musical instrument consisting of two pieces of bone, or of another material such as wood or plastic, held between the fingers and played by being knocked together:

They knew how to play the bones.

to take the bones out of something:

The chef bones the fish before grilling it.

a rude word meaning to have sex with someone

any of the hard pieces that form the skeleton (= frame) of a human or animal body:

She had broken a bone in her foot.

to remove the bones from fish or meat