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Bones

Bones Meaning & Definition
Bones Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bones?

[n] a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bones: castanets | clappers | finger cymbals | maraca

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bones: anatomy | appendicular skeleton | ashes | axial skeleton | battery | being | bells | bird cage | body | bosom | breast | cadaver | carcass | carrion | castanets | celesta | chaff | chime | chimes | clappers | clay | clod | corpse | corpus | corpus delicti | crap game | crap shooting | craps | crash cymbal | crooked dice | crowbait | cubes | culm | cymbals | dead body | dead man | dead person | deadwood | decedent | dice | die | dishwater | draff | dregs | dry bones | dust | earth | embalmed corpse | esprit | exoskeleton | figure | filings | finger cymbals | flesh | food for worms | form | frame | gamelan | garbage | gash | glockenspiel | gong | guts | handbells | heart | heart of hearts | heartstrings | hogwash | hulk | husks | idiophone | inmost heart | inmost soul | innermost being | ivories | late lamented | leavings | lees | loaded dice | lyra | maraca | marimba | material body | metallophone | mortal remains | mummification | mummy | offal | offscourings | orchestral bells | organic remains | orts | parings | percussion | percussion instrument | percussions | percussive | person | physical body | physique | poker dice | potsherds | rags | raspings | rattle | rattlebones | refuse | relics | reliquiae | remains | scourings | scrap iron | scraps | scum | secret places | shards | shavings | sizzler | skeleton | slack | slag | slop | slops | snappers | soma | soul | spirit | stiff | stubble | sweepings | swill | tam-tam | tares | teeth | tenement of clay | the dead | the deceased | the defunct | the departed | the loved one | tintinnabula | tonitruone | torso | triangle | trunk | tubular bells | vibes | vibraphone | viscera | wastage | waste | waste matter | wastepaper | weeds | xylophone

See Also | percussion instrument | percussive instrument

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