debones
Strips the skeleton
Debones means removes the bones from meat or fish: She debones the chicken before roasting it.
The process makes eating easier and allows for different preparations like rolling or stuffing.
A fishmonger or butcher debones professionally, though home cooks do it too.
The base verb is bone, with the prefix adding emphasis on removal.
Cutting meat from bones
- guttingRemoving internal organs
- skinningRemoving outer covering
- scalingClimbing or resizing
- carvingShaping by cutting away
butchering · dressing · trussing · disjointing · eviscerating · plucking · shucking · pitting
Boneless meat portion
- salmonPink-fleshed migratory fish
- troutFreshwater game fish
- codCold-water food fish
- snapperWarm-water food fish
mackerel · herring · sardine · anchovy · sole · bass · tilapia · tweezers
Domestic fowl for eating
- turkeyWattled North American fowl
- duckWaterbird that quacks
- quailFlinch from fear
- pheasantLarge ornamental game bird
goose · game hen · thigh · breast · wing · drumstick · carcass · wishbone
Surgical tissue removal
- orthopedicRelating to bone treatment
- surgeonPhysician who operates
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
dissection · arthroscopy · laminectomy · amputation · prosthesis · implant · anesthesia · sterile
filleting
Cutting meat from bones
carving · butchering · dressing · trussing · disjointing · eviscerating · plucking · shucking · pitting · knife
fillet
Boneless meat portion
snapper · mackerel · herring · sardine · anchovy · sole · bass · tilapia · tweezers · fishmonger
chicken
Domestic fowl for eating
pheasant · goose · game hen · thigh · breast · wing · drumstick · carcass · wishbone · whole bird
resection
Surgical tissue removal
- orthopedicRelating to bone treatment
- surgeonPhysician who operates
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
incision · dissection · arthroscopy · laminectomy · amputation · prosthesis · implant · anesthesia · sterile · operating room