boning

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of bone
2. noun The removal of bones from a carcass; filleting.
3. noun The arrangement of bones in a corset.
4. noun An act of sexual intercourse.
5. noun Bone structure.
6. noun The fertilization of a field with bone meal.
7. noun The process or result of leveling using a boning rod.
8. noun Placement of a curse by pointing with a bone, practiced by Australian aborigines; an act of pointing the bone.

Similar words

osseous tissue bony pearl ivory debone boney off-white cram get up swot

Often followed by

up knife and rods a of rod the room

Word family

bone boned bones