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bone
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + bone
broken
• The doctor thought that I had a broken bone in my wrist. • Luckily the bone wasn't broken.
a thigh/hip/ankle etc bone
• He was so thin that his hip bones were sticking out.
human/animal bones
• They dug up a lot of human bones from under the castle.
verbs
break a bone
• I hope you haven't broken a bone.
fracture a bone
(= to break a bone so that a line appears on the surface )
• Sally fell, fracturing a bone in her leg.
bone + NOUN
bone structure
(= the shape of your face, formed by the bones in it )
• She had beautiful eyes and fine bone structure.
bone disease
• He suffered from a rare bone disease.
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In addition to the idioms beginning with BONE, Also see BARE BONES; CHILLED TO THE BONE; CUT TO THE BONE; FEEL IN ONE'S BONES; FUNNY BONE; MAKE NO BONES ABOUT; PULL A BONER; ROLL THE BONES; SKIN AND BONES; WORK ONE'S FINGERS TO THE BONE.
American Heritage Idioms
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noun ADJ. delicate, fine the delicate bones of her face | healthy | brittle, fragile She was diagnosed as having brittle bones. | broken, cracked, splintered | weary | bleached, dry Her eyes were black in a face the colour of bleached bones. | ankle, breast, cheek, collar, hip, leg, shin, thigh | animal, chicken, dinosaur, human VERB + BONE break, chip, crack, fracture | rest He longed to get home to bed and rest his weary bones. BONE + NOUN structure The black and white photographs emphasized her fine bone structure. | marrow a bone marrow transplant | cancer, disease, disorders | graft, surgery PHRASES (break/jar) every bone in sb's body The shock jarred every bone in his body. | skin and bone He's all skin and bone after his illness.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary