bones
nounEtymology
From sawbones.
Definitions
plural of bone
A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand, often made from bovine…
A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand, often made from bovine ribs.
Dice for gambling.
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Synonym of fist bump.
The framework or foundation of something.
- The house don't fall when the bones are good.
third-person singular simple present indicative of bone
A surname.
A surgeon.
- And then the door swung wide upon its hinges, and Bones - our surgeon - Dr. Sawin, outside the service - broke into the room with his favorite greeting: “Hello, inside! Never mind the guard!
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at bones. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at bones. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at bones
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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