bone

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for bone

bone 🔊 /bowˈn/

bone : කටු ගළවනවා

bone : අස්ථිය

bone : ඇටකටු

bone : කටු

bone : කටු ගලවනවා

bone : කටු හරිනවා

bone : ඇට කැබෙල්ල

bone : ඇටය

bone : කටුව

bone definition

Noun.

  1. The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone.
  2. One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (Plural.) The frame or skeleton of the body.
  3. Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
  4. Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music.
  5. Dice.
  6. Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset.
  7. Fig.: The framework of anything.

Transitive verb.

  1. To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery.
  2. To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays.
  3. To fertilize with bone.
  4. To steal; to take possession of.
  5. To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying.