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- [boh-nee]
- /ˈboʊ ni/
- /ˈbəʊ.ni/
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- [boh-nee]
- /ˈboʊ ni/
Definitions of bony word
- adjective bony 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. 3
- adjective bony The bony parts of a person's or animal's body are the parts made of bone. 3
- graded adjective bony If you describe fish that you are eating as bony, you mean that it has a lot of bones. 3
- adjective bony resembling or consisting of bone or bones 3
- adjective bony having many bones 3
- adjective bony having prominent bones 3
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Origin of bony
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
First recorded in 1350-1400, bony is from the Middle English word boni. See bone, -y1
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Parts of speech for Bony
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bony popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bony usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bony
adj bony
- skeletal — of, relating to, or like a skeleton.
- hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- ossified — hardened like or into bone.
- osseous — composed of, containing, or resembling bone; bony.
- anatomical — Anatomical means relating to the structure of the bodies of people and animals.
Antonyms for bony
adj bony
- beefy — Someone, especially a man, who is beefy has a big body and large muscles.
- overweight — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- plump — direct; downright; blunt.
- fat — File Allocation Table
- heavy — of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
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