how to pronounce bone

/ˈboʊn/

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bone is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of bone in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… you have half your bone density possibly …”

meaning of bone

Bone is a type of hard tissue that makes up the structure of the body.

bone frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word bone occurs in english on average 23.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics bone can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that bone can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;