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/bəʊn/

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Translation

One of the hard white parts inside the body that hold it up.

Word origin

From Old English ban, the old Germanic word for bone.

Origin
Old English
Root
ban

Grammar

Gender
Pluralbones

Examples

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"Bone" is one hard white part inside the body.

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"Bones" is the plural, meaning more than one bone.

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Here "bone" is a hard thing the dog bites.

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This word is part of lesson 22.