bones

See also: bonés and bônes

English

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bones (instrument)

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bəʊnz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /boʊnz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊnz, -oʊnz

Noun

bones

1. plural of bone

Noun

bones

1. A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand, often made from bovine ribs.
2. A pair of dice for gambling.
3. (informal) Synonym of fist bump.
4. (plural only) The framework or foundation of something.
   • 2019, Maren Morris, The Bones:

     The house don't fall when the bones are good.

Synonyms

• (fists meeting equivalent to a high-five): fist bump, props

Derived terms

• Bonesman
• break-bones
• crossbones
• lazybones
• sawbones

Translations

percussive folk musical instrument

Irish: cnámha f pl Italian: ossa (it)

the act of two fists meeting

See also

• (musical instrument): spoons

Verb

bones

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bone

Anagrams

• Benos, Boens, Nobes, ebons

Asturian

Adjective

bones

1. feminine plural of bonu

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɔ.nəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɔ.nes]
• Rhymes: -ɔnes

Adjective

bones

1. feminine plural of bo

Interjection

bones

1. ellipsis of bones tardes (“good afternoon”)

Cornish

Alternative forms

• bos

Etymology

See bos, see there for conjugation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔnəs/, /ˈbɔnəz/

Verb

bones (irregular)

1. alternative form of bos (“to be”)

Mutation

Mutation of bones

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
bones	vones	unchanged	pones	fones	vones

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

French

Adjective

bones

1. feminine plural of bon

Ladin

Adjective

bones f pl

1. feminine plural of bon

Middle English

Noun

bones

1. plural of bone