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bones

noun as in body

noun as in corpse

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noun as in dice

noun as in doctor

noun as in physician

noun as in skeleton

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Example Sentences

"These are major problems that can’t be fixed overnight. I make no bones about that, and there’s no point pretending otherwise. Meaningful change is not easy to deliver."

From BBC

We get them through our mouths, through our skin and in our bones, by breathing.

From Salon

Elise, 50, is terminally ill after breast cancer spread to other parts of her body, including her bones - her femur had to be replaced by a metal rod after it was rotted by cancerous cells.

From BBC

Other coprolites contained bones chewed up by predators that, like today's hyenas, crushed bones to obtain salts and marrow.

The comparison concluded that bones from red foxes; bobcats, mountain lions, lynx or the American cheetah; and hares or rabbits were used to make needles at the LaPrele site.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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