Meanings
verbdebone (third-person singular simple present debones, present participle deboning, simple past and past participle deboned)
present singular third person debones · participle present deboning · participle past deboned · past deboned
- ambitransitiveTo remove the bones from.
I am deboning a fish.
1 more example
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
2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyh₂-
- Proto-Germanic*bainaz
- Proto-Germanic*bainą
- Proto-West Germanic*bain
- Old Englishbān
- Middle Englishbon
- Englishbone
- Englishdebone
Translations
Bulgarian обезкостявам
- обезкостявам (obezkostjavam)remove the bones from something
Catalan desossar
- desossarremove the bones from something
Chinese Mandarin 去骨, 剔骨
- 去骨 (qùgǔ)remove the bones from something
- 剔骨 (tīgǔ)remove the bones from something
Czech vykostit
- vykostitremove the bones from something
French désosser
- désosserremove the bones from something
German entbeinen
- entbeinenremove the bones from something
Icelandic úrbeina
- úrbeinaremove the bones from something
Irish díchnámhaigh
- díchnámhaighremove the bones from something
Latin exossō
- exossōremove the bones from something
Māori mākiri, kokoki
- mākiriremove the bones from something
- kokokiremove the bones from something
Polish filetować
- filetowaćremove the bones from something
Portuguese desossar
- desossarremove the bones from something
Spanish deshuesar
- deshuesarremove the bones from something
Swedish bena
- benaremove the bones from something
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
debone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debone
MLA
“debone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “debone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debone.
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