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

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 One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.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.

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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

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:

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.

Contents

• 1 Out From Boneville
  • 1.1 Chapter One: The Map
  • 1.2 Chapter Two: Thorn
  • 1.3 Chapter Three: Phoney Bone
  • 1.4 Chapter Four: Kingdok
  • 1.5 Chapter Five: Barrelhaven
  • 1.6 Chapter Six: Phoney's Inferno
• 2 Landmark quotes
• 3 External links