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nounpiece of animate skeleton

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See also synonyms for: boned / bones / boning

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How to use bone in a sentence

The $1,500 Embody Gaming Chair has the bones of an office chair.

SHOULD YOUR NEXT HOME-OFFICE CHAIR BE AN ESPORTS GAMING CHAIR?ANNE QUITOJULY 27, 2020QUARTZ

After too long in microgravity, our muscles and bones become weak.

SCIENTISTS SAY: MICROGRAVITYBETHANY BROOKSHIREJULY 27, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS

The man’s bones had previously been found in the Newgrange passage tomb, an earthen mound covering more than 4,000 square meters near the River Boyne.

DNA FROM A 5,200-YEAR-OLD IRISH TOMB HINTS AT ANCIENT ROYAL INCESTBRUCE BOWERJUNE 17, 2020SCIENCE NEWS

Archaeologist Ryan Rabett of Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland calls the new study of Sri Lankan bone points “suggestive but not definitive” evidence of bow-and-arrow hunting.

CLUES TO THE EARLIEST KNOWN BOW-AND-ARROW HUNTING OUTSIDE AFRICA HAVE BEEN FOUNDBRUCE BOWERJUNE 12, 2020SCIENCE NEWS

The tooth and six bone fragments are more than 40,000 years old.

THIS CAVE HOSTED THE OLDEST KNOWN HUMAN REMAINS IN EUROPEBRUCE BOWERJUNE 12, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS

For example, nearly all mammals, from giraffes to humans, are stuck with just seven neck bones.

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Meanwhile, the bones of people with testes continue to grow for several years until their estrogen peaks, so they end up taller.

MALES ARE THE TALLER SEX. ESTROGEN, NOT FIGHTS FOR MATES, MAY BE WHY.CHRISTIE WILCOXJUNE 8, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE

In the past, looters had raided the tomb in which these bones were found.

SKELETONS HINT THAT ANCIENT SOCIETIES HAD WOMEN WARRIORSBRUCE BOWERMAY 28, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS

Bouncing ultrasound against bone might provide the same type of boosted impact, he suspects.

NEW ULTRASOUND TREATMENT KILLS OFF CANCER CELLSALISON PEARCE STEVENSAPRIL 10, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS

Commercial processes would likely use more thorough methods to help break down even the bones, says Carpenter-Boggs.