Bone-to-pick
bone to pick
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- Bone-to-pick--have-a
An unpleasant issue or grievance that needs discussion. For example, Concerning the room assignments, I have a bone to pick with you. This metaphoric term alludes to a dog worrying a bone. [ Early 1500s ]
- Bone-turquoise
fossil bone or ivory that has been colored naturally or artificially so as to resemble turquoise. noun fossilized bone or tooth stained blue with iron phosphate and used as a gemstone Also called odontolite
- Boneyard
Slang. a cemetery. Slang. an area where old or discarded cars, ships, planes, etc., are collected prior to being broken up for scrap or otherwise disposed of. Also called stock. Dominoes. the bank, consisting of the remaining dominoes after each person has made an initial draw. a place or area where the bones of wild […]
- Bone--up
Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals. such a structure from an edible animal, usually with meat adhering to it, as an article of […]
- Boned
having a particular kind of bone or bony structure (used in combination): beautifully boned; raw-boned; small-boned. having the bones taken out; cooked or served with the bones removed: boned chicken; boned veal. braced or supported with stays, as a corset. fertilized with bone: boned land. Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of […]