bony

bony is a 4-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.
2. adjective. Having large or prominent bones.
3. adjective. having bones especially many or prominent bones

   "a bony shad fillet"

   "her bony wrist"

   Synonyms: boney

4. adjective. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

   "emaciated bony hands"

   "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"

   Synonyms: cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted

5. adjective. composed of or containing bone

   "osseous tissue"

   Synonyms: osseous, osteal

Synonyms

boney, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted, osseous, osteal

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in bony:

byon

Common word forms

bonier, boniest, bonyness

Words from these letters

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