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bookable
  • s  subject to being reserved or booked
    all seats bookable in advance
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bone
  • n  rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
  • n  the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
  • n  a shade of white the color of bleached bones
  • v  study intensively, as before an exam
    I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
  • v  remove the bones from
    bone the turkey before roasting it
  • s  consisting of or made up of bone
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bone-dry
  • s  without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone
    bone-dry leaves are a fire hazard
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bone dry
  • s  without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone
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boned
  • v  study intensively, as before an exam
  • v  remove the bones from
  • s  having had the bones removed
    a boned (or deboned) fish
  • s  having bones as specified
    his lanky long-boned body
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boneless
  • a  being without a bone or bones
    jellyfish are boneless
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bonelike
  • s  resembling bone
    a bonelike tumor
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boney
  • a  having bones especially many or prominent bones
  • s  being very thin
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