bone
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
Types & categories
- connective tissue hypernym
- furcula hyponym
- splint bone hyponym
- pastern hyponym
- cannon bone hyponym
- fishbone hyponym
- astragal hyponym
- bare bone hyponym
- cuboid bone hyponym
- carpal bone hyponym
- cartilage bone hyponym
- centrum hyponym
- cheekbone hyponym
- clavicle hyponym
- coccyx hyponym
- dentine hyponym
- ethmoid hyponym
- heelbone hyponym
- hipbone hyponym
- hyoid hyponym
- ilium hyponym
- ischium hyponym
- long bone hyponym
- ramus hyponym
- membrane bone hyponym
- metacarpal hyponym
- metatarsal hyponym
- nasal bone hyponym
- ossicle hyponym
- palatine bone hyponym
- phalanx hyponym
- pubis hyponym
- rib hyponym
- round bone hyponym
- sacrum hyponym
- scapula hyponym
- sesamoid bone hyponym
- short bone hyponym
- sphenoid bone hyponym
- sternum hyponym
- corpus sternum hyponym
- manubrium hyponym
- xiphoid process hyponym
- tarsal hyponym
- temporal bone hyponym
- tooth hyponym
- turbinate bone hyponym
- tympanic bone hyponym
- vertebra hyponym
- zygoma hyponym
- modiolus hyponym
- lacrimal bone hyponym
- skull hyponym
- calvaria hyponym
- cranium hyponym
- occiput hyponym
- sinciput hyponym
- jaw hyponym
- vomer hyponym
- Wormian bone hyponym
- marrowbone hyponym
Parts & wholes
- endoskeleton part holonym
- socket part meronym
- marrow part meronym
- lamella part meronym
- bone cell part meronym
- condyle part meronym
- coronoid process part meronym
- ground substance part meronym
- horn substance holonym
- collagen substance meronym
- osseous tissue substance meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
study intensively, as before an exam
I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
Types & categories
- hit the books hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
consisting of or made up of bone
a bony substance
Related & opposite
- boney similar to
Sense 4 noun
the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
Types & categories
- animal material hypernym
Parts & wholes
- bone substance holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
remove the bones from
bone the turkey before roasting it
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Related & opposite
- osseous tissue derivation
- animal domain topic
Sense 6 noun
a shade of white the color of bleached bones
Types & categories
- whiteness hypernym
Related & opposite
- pearly derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ossicle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | boney |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | osseous |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | endoskeleton |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | socket |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | marrow |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | lamella |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | bone cell |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | condyle |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | coronoid process |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | ground substance |
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | horn |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | collagen |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | osseous tissue |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | connective tissue |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | furcula |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | splint bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pastern |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cannon bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fishbone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | astragal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bare bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cuboid bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | carpal bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cartilage bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | centrum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cheekbone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clavicle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coccyx |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dentine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ethmoid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heelbone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hipbone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hyoid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ilium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ischium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | long bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ramus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | membrane bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | metacarpal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | metatarsal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nasal bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ossicle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | palatine bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | phalanx |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pubis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rib |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | round bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sacrum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scapula |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sesamoid bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | short bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sphenoid bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sternum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | corpus sternum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | manubrium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | xiphoid process |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tarsal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | temporal bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tooth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | turbinate bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tympanic bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vertebra |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | zygoma |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | modiolus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lacrimal bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | skull |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | calvaria |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cranium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | occiput |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sinciput |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jaw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vomer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Wormian bone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | marrowbone |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crammer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crammer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | grind |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | cram |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit the books |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | boney |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ossicle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | debone |
| 4 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | bone |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal material |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | osseous tissue |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | animal |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | pearly |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | whiteness |