Adjective

bone (not comparable)

Positive bone

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

  1. (color/colour) Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
  2. (informal) Said of something that is rubbish or broken.

Noun

An animal bone

Singular bone

Plural countable and uncountable; plural bones

bone (countable and uncountable; plural bones)

  1. (uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
  2. (countable) Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.
  3. A bone of a fish; a fishbone
  4. One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
  5. (color/colour) An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
    bone colour:
  6. (US, informal) A dollar.
  7. (slang) An erect penis; a boner.
  8. (slang) Dominoes or dice.
  9. (slang) Shortened form of trombone.
Synonyms
  • (rigid parts of a corset): rib, stay

From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Mon Mar 1 21:51:52 2010

Bones are rigid organs that form part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They function to move, support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells and store minerals. Bone tissue is a type of dense connective tissue. Because bones come in a variety of shapes and have a complex internal and external structure they are lightweight, yet strong and hard, in addition to fulfilling their many other functions. One of the types of tissue that makes up bone is the mineralized osseous tissue, also called bone tissue, that gives it rigidity and a honeycomb-like three-dimensional internal structure. Other types of tissue found in bones include marrow, endosteum and periosteum, nerves, blood vessels and cartilage. There are 206 bones in the adult human body and 270 in an infant.

Functions

Bones have eleven main functions:

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Sun Mar 14 16:51:22 2010

How do bones grow?, What Happens when a bone separates through a growth plate?
Q. I'm 14 and I'm doing a report on an injury that I experienced and I would like to know how bones grow and what happens when a bone separates through the growth plate. Please don't answer unless you know your stuff. Also, make it easy to understand! Thanks
Asked by jojo - Tue Dec 16 02:23:41 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Connective tissue if a bone is broken it will connect the tissues. thats why doctors give you casts- the bone rebuilds the tissue
Answered by Insert name here - Tue Dec 16 02:35:02 2008

Can a fossil bone be mineralized with calcium?
Q. Is it possible for a bone fossil to be permineralized by calcium? (the empty space of the bone is filled with calcium minerals) Thank you so much!
Asked by Grace - Sat Jan 3 19:13:56 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Fossilised bones with calcium carbonate replacing the original material are very common in nature. Most of the great dinosaur bones are composed of either calcium carbonate or silica. This is because one of the most common dissolved minerals in some groundwater is calcium carbonate, particularly in areas where limey rocks are present, or basalts. The calcium carbonate crystallises out where voids are present in the rock which the carbonate-bearing solution passes, Ideal voids are those left by organism remains. Calcium as the element does not exist freely in nature, so this plays no role in fossilising bones.
Answered by Jenny S - Sat Jan 3 21:41:26 2009

How much ham do I buy if it is bone in?
Q. We are hosting a lunching for the 90th anniversary of our church. It is a pot luck but we will be provided the brisket and ham. We are buying precooked spiral sliced ham from Sam's and since it is buffet and people will be serving themselves we are allowing 5 ounces per person. HOWEVER, spiral sliced ham have the bone in them so buying per ounce is tricky? Does anyone have any idea how much to allow for the bone? Opps! I did leave that little detail out didn't I? We are expecting 400 but we will be serving brisket as well as ham. I'm allowing 5 oz per serving so have will be brisket with 65 pounds and I need 65 pounds of ham. I just don't know how to allow for the bone in the weight. FYI: Just in case any of you want to know I did… [cont.]
Asked by digitaldiva1229 - Wed Sep 19 10:19:11 2007 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. im no ham expert, how about asking Sams? sorry i couldnt help myself, but really ring Sams i hear iowa ham is good, had it smoked in Rome once and not bad but tasted to much like salami and to little like ham to me, ring a butcher or Sams a
Answered by Antoni - Wed Sep 19 10:36:36 2007

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Bone is a graphic novel by Jeff Smith. It was originally serialized in an independently, irregularly published comic book series for 55 issues, from 1991 to 2004, notable as one of the longest-running self-published comic book series by a single writer/artist.

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Wed Feb 17 05:58:04 2010

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