boning
Extracting fish skeleton
Boning is the present participle of bone—removing bones from meat, or the stiff material used in corsets: She was boning the fish.
The boning in the dress gave it structure.
In slang, boning means having sex: They were boning in the bedroom.
Remains in place
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
- whaleboneKeratin plates from filter-feeders
- stiffeningBecoming less pliable
- bodiceFitted upper garment
underwire · busking · hourglass · lacing · cinching · shaping · garment · lingerie
Boneless meat portion
- knifeSharp cutting utensil
- butcherOne who sells cuts
- cleaverBroad-bladed cutting tool
- carvingShaping by cutting away
trimming · skinning · gutting · evisceration · dressing · quartering · sectioning · carcass
stays
Remains in place
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
- whaleboneKeratin plates from filter-feeders
- stiffeningBecoming less pliable
bodice · underwire · busking · hourglass · lacing · cinching · shaping · garment · lingerie · foundation
fillet
Boneless meat portion
carving · trimming · skinning · gutting · evisceration · dressing · quartering · sectioning · carcass · meat
skeleton
Internal supportive framework
- ossificationConversion to bone tissue
- calcificationMineral hardening of tissue
- marrowSoft bone interior
cartilage · osteology · vertebrae · femur · tibia · fibula · skull · ribs · pelvis · collagen
- cuttingslicing, slice, chopping, dice, dicing
- extractingmining, drilling, juicing, pulling, yanking
- garment partscollar, cuff, bodice, sleeve, lapel
- butcherybutcher, meat, butchering, beef, slaughter
- Edwardian erahobble skirt, shirtwaist, picture hat, feathered hat, pompadour
- herring industryherring, pickled herring, salted herring, smoked herring, kippered herring
boningslacking
Avoiding effort deliberately
goofing off · slacking off · procrastinating · blowing off · coasting
- boning upIntensive last-minute studying
- boning knifeBlade for removing flesh
- boning knivesBlades for deboning meat