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bon·y
 bony
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- pronunciation:
- bo
ni
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
bonier, boniest |
| definition 1: |
pertaining to or resembling bone.
Antlers are bony growths on the head of adult male deer and on the heads of some female deer.The body of an armadillo is covered with hard, bony plates. |
| definition 2: |
having an internal skeletal system partly or wholly made up of bone.
Mammals are bony creatures. |
| definition 3: |
full of bones, or seeming to have too many bones.
The bony fish was difficult to eat. |
| definition 4: |
having protruding or visible bones; gaunt.
The poor dog's bony chest made us want to cry.The old woman pointed at him with one bony finger.- antonyms:
- fleshy, plump
- similar words:
- angular, gaunt, scrawny
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| related words: |
emaciated, lanky, lean, meager |
(adj.)bony
+ adverb
gently, slightly
(adj.)bony
+ noun
anatomy,
ankle,
arch,
arm,
armor,
arrow,
articulation,
ass,
back,
base,
body,
brow,
bump,
butt,
buttock,
cage,
canal,
carapace,
cattle,
cavity,
cheek,
chest,
chin,
claw,
cow,
creature,
crest,
deer,
defect,
destruction,
elbow,
endoskeleton,
erosion,
excrescence,
face,
fin,
finger,
fish,
fist,
fixation,
flesh,
foot,
forehead,
fracture,
frame,
grandmother,
grip,
hand,
heel,
hip,
horn,
insertion,
involvement,
jaw,
joint,
knee,
kneecap,
knuckle,
landmark,
lap,
leg,
lesion,
limb,
lung,
mass,
metastasis,
mouth,
niche,
nose,
plate,
portion,
projection,
prominence,
prosthesis,
protrusion,
ray,
rib,
ridge,
septum,
shell,
shin,
shoulder,
silhouette,
skeleton,
skull,
socket,
spine,
spur,
structure,
surface,
tail,
thigh,
tissue,
toe,
tooth,
tumor,
underside,
vertebra,
wrist
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| derivation: |
boniness (n.) |
The word bony
contains the following part:
-y1, -ey
Old English
adjective-forming suffix
that means characterized by; full of; tending to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -y1, -ey
attaches to nouns and a few verbs to form adjectives.
Example words:
bony, bouncy, chancy, chewy, crunchy, curly, dirty, dressy, fatty, flowery, foggy, funny, gooey, guilty, healthy, itchy, jumpy, kinky, lucky, messy, nosy, rainy, rickety, runny, salty, sandy, shaky, sleepy, spacy, springy, summery, sunny, wintry, wobbly, wiggly
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