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bone

verb [T] (FOOD)
 
 
/bəʊn/ US  /boʊn/

Definition

to take the bones out of something: Ask the fishmonger to bone the fish for you.Preparing animals and fish for cooking
(Definition of bone verb (FOOD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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