bony adj

1 very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration" [syn: cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted]

2 composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue" [syn: osseous, osteal]

3 having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist" [syn: boney] [ant: boneless] [also: boniest, bonier]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊni

Adjective

1. resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone.
2. full of bones
3. with little flesh; skinny, thin
4. having prominent bones

Translations

• Finnish: luumainen (1), luinen (1,2), ruotoinen (2, of fish), luiseva (2,3,4)
• German: knöchern (1), grätig (2 fish), knochig (3,4)
• Spanish: huesudo

Alternative spellings

• boney

Bony may refer to:

• Adjective related to bone
• Bony, a commune of the Aisne département, in France
• Bőny, a village in Hungary
• A nickname for Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Bank of New York
• Bony, the main character in Arthur Upfield's novels. (Spelt Boney in the TV series).

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