chicken bones

Stock pot ingredients

Chicken bones are the skeletal remains of a chicken, typically encountered after eating.

They appear in contexts ranging from kitchen scraps to folk magic—in hoodoo and other traditions, chicken bones are used for divination and spellwork.

The phrase also names a crunchy candy popular in the American South and Canada.

She threw the chicken bones to the dog.

The fortune teller read the chicken bones.

Related

gnaw · scraps · leftover · carcass · wishbone · snap · crunch · gelatin · simmering · poultry · drumstick · wing · thigh · picked · bare · brittle · splinter · dog

Categories
Opposites
edible vs. inedible chicken parts

chicken boneschicken meat

Edible fowl flesh

chicken breast · white meat · dark meat · prime cuts · chicken skin

skeletal vs. soft tissue

chicken bonessoft tissue

Non-rigid body structures

muscle · chicken fat · chicken skin · cartilage · giblets

Family

chicken, bone, chickens, bones, boned, boning, boneless, debone, deboned

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G