Morpheme
Bone
Type
free base
Denotation
composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates
Etymology
Middle English bon; Old English bān
Evidence
anklebone, armbone, backbone, barebone, bladebone, bone, boneache, bonebed, boned, bonedome, bonehead, bonehead, bonehouse, bones, boning, bony, breastbone, cheekbone, chinbone, collarbone, crossbones, debone, dragonbone, earbone, featherbone, fingerbone, fishbone, footbone, jawbone, lazybones, legbone, marrowbone, neckbone, nonbone, ridgebone, shinbone, skullbone, tailbone, wishbone, wristbone
