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Apr 12, 2019
This week’s themeWords related to bones
This week’s words
bred-in-the-bone
ossify
bonehead
Jell-O
bareboned
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with Anu Gargbareboned
PRONUNCIATION:
(BAYR-bohnd) 
MEANING:
adjective: Lean; spare; gaunt.
ETYMOLOGY:
From bare-bone (a lean person), from Old English baer (bare) + ban (bone). Earliest documented use: 1600.
USAGE:
“It’s possible that we are witnessing a transition of communication, an evolution of the English language from a complex system of grammatical structure to a more basic, bareboned approach to writing.”
Mike Cottrill; Proper Communications Skills a Key to Success; Waterloo Region Record (Kitchener, Canada); Apr 16, 2012.
Mike Cottrill; Proper Communications Skills a Key to Success; Waterloo Region Record (Kitchener, Canada); Apr 16, 2012.
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