debone

verb

de·​bone (ˌ)dē-ˈbōn 

deboned; deboning; debones

transitive verb

: bone

debone a roast

deboner noun

Examples of debone in a Sentence

Have the butcher debone the lamb for you.

Recent Examples on the Web

On a whim one day, Randy put on a pot of brown stew oxtails, gingerly deboned them by hand after eight hours, and blanketed a pizza in the sweet, sticky mixture. —Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 20 Feb. 2025

Meat Custom cuts: Grocery stores including Publix, Winn-Dixie and Whole Foods will accommodate requests for custom cuts or quantities, including deboning or the cutting of flank steak into strips. —Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025

The perfectly roasted duck, over rice or noodles, is expertly deboned with luscious meat and soft chewy skin and fat in every bite. —Andy Wang, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024

The Times' account included details of a 14-year-old boy who was maimed while cleaning a conveyor belt in a deboning area at a Perdue slaughterhouse in rural Virginia. —Kate Gibson, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for debone

• alone
• atone
• backbone
• bemoan
• bluestone
• breastbone
• brownstone
• capstone
• cheekbone
• condone
• curbstone
• cyclone