Bonelike

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of bone.

    "To the south, as Halliday followed the winding course of the river, the darkness gave way to the deep indigo tracts of the irrigation project, the lines of canals forming an exquisite bonelike gridwork.”"

Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling bone wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
bony

Example

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"To the south, as Halliday followed the winding course of the river, the darkness gave way to the deep indigo tracts of the irrigation project, the lines of canals forming an exquisite bonelike gridwork.”"

Etymology

From bone + -like.

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