debone

From de- +‎ bone.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈbəʊn/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /diˈboʊn/

debone (third-person singular simple present debones, present participle deboning, simple past and past participle deboned)

1. (ambitransitive) To remove the bones from.

   Synonyms: bone, unbone

   Hypernym: prepare

   Coordinate terms: pluck, gut, skin

   I am deboning a fish.

   • 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Down it went on the counter, for patient bone removal that would last him a whole day. Frank had done an awful lot of deboning in his life

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