debone


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de·bone

 (dē-bōn′)
tr.v. de·boned, de·bon·ing, de·bones
To remove the bones from: debone a chicken breast.
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debone

(diːˈbəʊn)
vb (tr)
(Cookery) to remove the bones from (a piece of meat or fish)
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de•bone

(diˈboʊn)

v.t. -boned, -bon•ing.
to remove the bones from; bone.
[1940–45]
de•bon′er, n.
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debone


Past participle: deboned
Gerund: deboning

Imperative
debone
debone
Present
I debone
you debone
he/she/it debones
we debone
you debone
they debone
Preterite
I deboned
you deboned
he/she/it deboned
we deboned
you deboned
they deboned
Present Continuous
I am deboning
you are deboning
he/she/it is deboning
we are deboning
you are deboning
they are deboning
Present Perfect
I have deboned
you have deboned
he/she/it has deboned
we have deboned
you have deboned
they have deboned
Past Continuous
I was deboning
you were deboning
he/she/it was deboning
we were deboning
you were deboning
they were deboning
Past Perfect
I had deboned
you had deboned
he/she/it had deboned
we had deboned
you had deboned
they had deboned
Future
I will debone
you will debone
he/she/it will debone
we will debone
you will debone
they will debone
Future Perfect
I will have deboned
you will have deboned
he/she/it will have deboned
we will have deboned
you will have deboned
they will have deboned
Future Continuous
I will be deboning
you will be deboning
he/she/it will be deboning
we will be deboning
you will be deboning
they will be deboning
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been deboning
you have been deboning
he/she/it has been deboning
we have been deboning
you have been deboning
they have been deboning
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been deboning
you will have been deboning
he/she/it will have been deboning
we will have been deboning
you will have been deboning
they will have been deboning
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been deboning
you had been deboning
he/she/it had been deboning
we had been deboning
you had been deboning
they had been deboning
Conditional
I would debone
you would debone
he/she/it would debone
we would debone
you would debone
they would debone
Past Conditional
I would have deboned
you would have deboned
he/she/it would have deboned
we would have deboned
you would have deboned
they would have deboned
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.debone - remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it"
animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
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Translations

debone

[diːˈbəʊn] VT [+ meat] → deshuesar; [+ fish] → quitar las espinas a
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debone

vt meatvom Knochen lösen; fishentgräten
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A spokeswoman for Sainsbury's said: "Our colleagues who work on the meat counters are all trained to use knives, but some have not received all of the training to safely debone a lamb joint."
The Butcher-Lite includes every tool needed to field dress, skin, quarter and debone big game, all encased in a nylon roll pack with snap-in plastic knife scabbards.
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At its Rotterdam facility female cattle hindquarters specialists debone, cut, freeze and vacuum-pack portion control tenderloin, ribeye, striploin and beefsteak for the restaurant trade, supermarkets and further processors.
The real risk in allowing underage culinary students to taste wine, we think, is handing them 6-inch knives afterward and asking them to debone chickens.
This saves processors time, because workers can debone the carcass during the same shift instead of waiting for the next shift.
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