Bone vs. Cartilage

Bonenoun

(uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.

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(countable) Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.

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A bone of a fish; a fishbone.

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A bonefish

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One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.

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One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.

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Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.

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(figurative) The framework of anything.

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An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

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A dollar.

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The wishbone formation.

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(slang) An erect penis; a boner.

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A domino or dice.

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Boneadjective

Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

Boneverb

To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.

Boneverb

To fertilize with bone.

Boneverb

To put whalebone into.

Boneverb

(civil engineering) To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.

Boneverb

To have sexual intercourse with.

Boneverb

To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.

Boneverb

(usually with "up") To study.

Boneverb

To polish boots to a shiny finish.

Boneverb

To apprehend, steal.

Boneverb

To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.

Bonenoun

The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone.

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One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body.

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Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.

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Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music.

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Dice.

Bonenoun

Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset.

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Fig.: The framework of anything.

Boneverb

To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery.

Boneverb

To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays.

Boneverb

To fertilize with bone.

Boneverb

To steal; to take possession of.

Boneverb

To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying.

Bonenoun

rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

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the porous calcified substance from which bones are made

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a shade of white the color of bleached bones

Boneverb

study intensively, as before an exam;

Boneverb

remove the bones from;

Boneadjective

consisting of or made up of bone;

Bonenoun

former name for Annaba

Boneverb

remove the bones from (meat or fish) before cooking, serving, or selling

Boneverb

study (a subject) intensively, typically in preparation for something

Boneverb

(of a man) have sexual intercourse with (someone).

Bone

A bone is a rigid tissue that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Bones protect the various organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, provide structure and support for the body, and enable mobility.

Cartilagenoun

(anatomy) A type of dense, non-vascular connective tissue, usually found at the end of joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, in the throat and between intervertebral disks.

Cartilagenoun

A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.

Cartilagenoun

tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults

Cartilage

Cartilage (cartilaginous tissue) is a resilient and smooth elastic tissue, rubber-like padding that covers and protects the ends of long bones at the joints and nerves, and is a structural component of the rib cage, the ear, the nose, the bronchial tubes, the intervertebral discs, and many other body components. It is not as hard and rigid as bone, but it is much stiffer and much less flexible than muscle.