bone out
B2 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To take all the bones out of meat or fish before cooking it.
Literal meaning: To take the bone out of a piece of meat or fish.
Meanings
1 B2 neutral
To remove the bones from meat, fish, or poultry before cooking.
"Ask the butcher to bone out the leg of lamb for you if you want to stuff it."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Used mainly in cooking and butchery contexts. Less formal than 'debone' or 'fillet'. More common in professional kitchen language than in everyday home cooking speech. The object is typically the meat or the bone.
Commonly used with
chicken leg fish duck meat joint
Forms
Base
bone out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
bones out
he/she/it
Past simple
boned out
yesterday
Past participle
boned out
have + pp
-ing form
boning out
continuous
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Synonyms
debone fillet remove the bones bone dress prepare
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