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- Dictionarybony/ˈbəʊni/
adjective
- 1. of or like bone: "the bony plates that protect turtles and tortoises"
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BONY definition: 1. very thin, so that the bones show under the skin: 2. made of bone or a substance like bone: 3…. Learn more.
bony. adjective. ˈbō-nē. variants or less commonly boney. bonier; boniest. Synonyms of bony. 1. a. : consisting of bone. b. : resembling bone. 2. a. : full of bones. a bony piece of fish. b. : having prominent bones. a rugged bony face. 3. a. : skinny, scrawny. b. : barren, lean. Synonyms. fatless. lean. lithe. skinny. slender. slim. spare.
BONY meaning: 1. very thin, so that the bones show under the skin: 2. made of bone or a substance like bone: 3…. Learn more.
Someone who has a bony face or bony hands, for example, has a very thin face or very thin hands, with very little flesh covering their bones. ...an old man with a bony face and white hair. He poked a long bony finger in Billy's chest. Synonyms: thin, lean, skinny, angular More Synonyms of bony.
adjective. , bon·i·er, bon·i·est. of or like bone. full of bones. having prominent bones; big-boned. skinny; emaciated. bony. / ˈbəʊnɪ / adjective. resembling or consisting of bone or bones. having many bones. having prominent bones. bony cheeks. thin or emaciated. a bony old woman.
Someone who's bony is very thin. Your cat may have been plump when he was young, and become bony as he got older. If you're so skinny that your bones are prominent, your friends might call you bony and encourage you to eat more. Another way to use the adjective bony is to mean "like bone" or "containing bone."
consisting of or like bone. See bony in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: bony. Definition of bony adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
