bone

one of the hard parts of the skeleton of a vertebrate.

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

bone


3 Phonemes

b O n


onset, rime

b one


Morpheme

bone


Sentence Examples

He broke a bone in his left arm.

The leg bone is connected to the knee bone.

We are all made of flesh and bone.

The handle of the knife is made from bone.

The air is bone dry.

Common Phrases

thigh bone

bone dry

hip bone

bone idle

shin bone

bone china

bone marrow

funny bone

Neighborhoods

Rhymes

blown

flown

grown

known

own

phone

shone

shown

stone

False Friends

done

gone

none

one

Onset Friends

but

be

back

big

by

been

before

boy

because




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