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bone-in

bone-in adjective: of a cut of meat: containing a bone; not deboned.

Adjective

bone-in (not comparable)

  1. Of a cut of meat: containing a bone; not deboned.
    • Near-synonym: unboned
    • a bone-in sirloin
    Synonyms:
    unboned
    Antonyms:
    boned, boneless

Synonyms of bone-in

Antonyms

Questions about bone-in

What does bone-in mean?
Bone-in means of a cut of meat: containing a bone; not deboned.
What part of speech is bone-in?
Bone-in is an adjective.

Words near bone-in in the dictionary

  1. bone-grubbers
  2. bone-hard
  3. bone-house wasp
  4. bone-house wasps
  5. bone-idle
  6. bone-in
  7. bone-jarring
  8. bone-meal
  9. bone-mouth
  10. bone-mouths
  11. bone-on

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