BONY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of bony in English bonyadjective (also boney) uk /ˈbəʊ.ni/ us /ˈboʊ.ni/

bony adjective (THIN)

Add to word list Add to word list very thin, so that the bones show under the skin: long bony fingers She looked frail, her face bony. having less flesh on the body than average

• thinShe's on a diet but I think she's already too thin.
• skinnyYou should eat more. You're much too skinny.
• scrawnyHe hated his scrawny legs.
• slimHe was tall, very slim, with pale, deep-set eyes.
• slenderHe put his arms around her slender waist.

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• I could not sleep comfortably: the floor was too hard, my body too bony.
• She pointed a bony finger at him.
• The cattle were boney and underfed.

Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people)

• be as thin as a rake phrase
• be skin and bone(s) idiom
• ectomorph
• ectomorphic
• emaciated
• emaciation
• gauntly
• hollow
• lithe
• scrawny
• slender
• slight
• slimly
• slimness
• sparely
• thinness
• ultra-thin
• waif-like
• wasted
• wiry

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bony adjective (CONTAINING BONE)

medical   specialized made of bone or a substance like bone: Surgery can correct bony deformities of the feet. In a horse's jaw, a bony plate separates food and air passages. The animal has boney, armour-like plates on its back. containing a lot of bones: bony fish

• Teeth decay occurs when bacteria in the mouth produce acids, which dissolve the hard, bony tissue of the tooth.
• The pituitary gland in the brain is well protected in a bony capsule at the base of the skull.
• Complications can include boney growths around the joint.
• There was a small, bony lump on his knee.
• The fish is delicious, but very bony.

Bone structures

• acetabular
• acetabulum
• acromial
• acromioclavicular
• acromion
• floating rib
• fontanel
• foramen magnum
• frontal bone
• glenoid
• osteologist
• osteology
• osteophyte
• osteotomy
• parietal
• tibiotalar
• TMJ
• trapezoidal
• triquetrum
• true rib

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The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals (Definition of bony from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

bony | American Dictionary

bonyadjective us /ˈboʊ·ni/ Add to word list Add to word list very thin, so that bones can be seen: She had a long, bony face. (of fish) having a lot of bones in it (Definition of bony from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of bony

bony There is potential to use this for other sites where bony anatomy is easily identifiable. From the Cambridge English Corpus Thermoplastic cradles must tie up to patient bony pelvis anatomy, yet lateral tattoos are tied in with alignment marks drawn on the cradles. From the Cambridge English Corpus The material includes decapod crustaceans, a variety of bony fish, a gavialoid crocodile, turtles, an astrapothere, some xenarthran remains and fragments of a toothed whale. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, the bony par ts of most of the pendants were either intact or had been carefully restored. From the Cambridge English Corpus A bony lamina with a rounded smooth profile can be observed along the posterior margin, approximately in the middle of its length. From the Cambridge English Corpus Teleosts (bony fish), and the zebrafish in particular, comprise a unique class of model systems in vertebrate biology. From the Cambridge English Corpus The replicas were formed on a base of perishable material, perhaps stucco and / or wood, that represented the bony par ts of the maxilla. From the Cambridge English Corpus The aim was to determine the correlation between good visual positioning to surface marks and accurate location of bony landmarks in portal imaging. From the Cambridge English Corpus The plesiomorphic diapsid condition of two bony fenestrae (black) is retained only in extant crocodiles and the rhynchocephalian. From the Cambridge English Corpus Among gnathostomes, there are the chondrychthian fish (sharks, rays, and related cartilaginous fish) and the osteichthies or bony fish. From the Cambridge English Corpus The correlation in children between outcome and the level and extent of the bony spinal abnormality appears to be variable. From the Cambridge English Corpus The third to fifth hypurals are fused into an autogenous bony plate. From the Cambridge English Corpus The aim of alveolar bone grafting is to reconstruct the bony defect and replace absent alveolar (tooth bearing) bone. From the Cambridge English Corpus Experience in this field has shown that bony set-up alone as a surrogate for tumour position is not optimum for all patients. From the Cambridge English Corpus This enables not only bony match to be visualised, but also changes in internal anatomy and the impact on target coverage. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of bony These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of bony?

Translations of bony

in Chinese (Traditional) 瘦削的, 皮包骨頭的, 骨頭的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 瘦削的, 皮包骨头的, 骨头的… See more in Spanish óseo, huesudo/da [masculine-feminine]… See more in Portuguese ósseo, magro/-ra [masculine-feminine], ossudo/-da [masculine-feminine]… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian やせて骨ばった, 痩（や）せた… See more kemikleri çıkmış, kemikli, çok ince… See more décharné/-ée, anguleux/-euse, décharné… See more ossut… See more benig, beenachtig, vol benen… See more hubený, kost a kůže, kostěný… See more tynd, benet, fuld af ben… See more kurus, seperti tulang, penuh tulang… See more ผอม, คล้ายกระดูก, มีกระดูกหรือก้างมาก… See more nhỏ xương, giống xương, nhiều xương… See more kościsty, cienki, ościsty… See more benig, smal, lik ben… See more kurus, rangka, banyak tulang… See more knochig, knochenartige, voller Knochen/Gräten… See more benete, knoklet, radmager… See more 뼈가 드러나는… See more сухорлявий, костистий, кістлявий… See more ossuto, osseo, pieno di lische… See more Need a translator?

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