Bones
Meaning
Any of the pieces of hard whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates.
Pronunciation
UK bəʊnz
US boʊnz
Example Sentences
- There are fewer bones in a horse than in humans.
- [It's] only one bone less, but in total, there are 205 bones in the skeleton of a horse.
- Their necks have seven bones, just like humans!
- Bones live inside your whole body.
- Adults have about two hundred bones.
- Bones give your body its shape.
- Without bones, you could not stand.
- Bones are hard but a little bendy.
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