Deboning

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process removing bones. uncountable

    "Deboning is performed with a special hand-held cutting tool – boning knives, designed for certain technological operations (for example, separating ribs from meat). At the enterprises of the meat processing industry, mechanized deboning is usually used, using vehicles for moving carcasses, circular saws (stationary or hand-held), pneumatic tools. At the end of the deboning, the separated pulp is transferred to trimming, trimming and ritual."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of debone form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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bonebonefilletunbone

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"The butcher was deboning a steer carcass."

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