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boneless

bo·ne·less

US/ˈboʊnlʌs/ rare informal uk us

adjective

1.

being without a bone or bones

  • “jellyfish are boneless”
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Origin

From Middle English bonles, banles, from Old English bānlēas (“boneless”), from Proto-Germanic *bainalausaz, equivalent to bone + -less. Cognate with Scots baneless (“boneless”), Dutch beenloos (“boneless; legless”), German beinlos (“legless”), Swedish benlös (“boneless”), Icelandic beinlaus (“boneless”).

Phrases

  • boneless lean beef trimmings

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