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The Clue

China or dry (4 letter answer)

The Answer

BONE

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Notes

The answer BONE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 140 puzzles.

Related Clues

___ china
Cut to the ___
Fillet
Ossicle
Rib, for one
Vomer, for one
Archeological find
Brush (up)
Coccyx, e.g.
Costa or maxilla
Costa or scapula
Femur, e.g.
Fibula or ulna
Fish throwaway
Kind of china
Matter of contention
Maxilla, e.g.
Maxilla or scapula
Off-white
Popular color
Radius, e.g.
Radius or femur
Radius or scapula
Rib or jaw
Scapula or fibula
Shade of white
Skeleton part
Small concession
Something to pick
Study (up on)
T or aitch
Tibia or fibula
Type of china
Ulna, e.g.
___ up on (cram)
Vomer, e.g.
Vomer or zygoma
Zygoma, e.g.
Kind of meal or china
One may be fractured
Study hard, with "up"
Word with china or dry
A boxer may work on it
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Definition

BONE as a noun:

1. (bone, os) = rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
2. (bone, osseous tissue) = the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
3. (bone, ivory, pearl, off-white) = a shade of white the color of bleached bones

BONE as a verb:

1. (cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone) = study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
2. (bone, debone) = remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it"

BONE as an adjective:

1. consisting of or made up of bone; "a bony substance"; "the bony framework of the body"