bone 'dry adj. [not usually before noun] completely dry

bone-head /'baunhed; NAmE 'boon-/ noun (informal) a stupid person

bone 'idle adj. [old-fashioned, BrE, informal) very lazy

bone-less /'baunlas; NAmE 'boun-/ adj. (of meat or fish ^] sic ft) without any bones ft # (ft; A # (Hi: boneless chicken breasts A#X|J$J|£]

'bone marrow (also mar-row) noun [u] a soft sub­stance that fills the hollow parts of bones #f§: a bone marrow transplant

bone-meal /'baunmiil; NAmE 'boun-/ noun [U] a substance made from crushed animal bones which is used to make soil richer ( #]f£J]E44W ) boner /‘bauna(r); NAmE 'boun-/ noun [NAmE, informal) 1 [taboo) an erection of the penis ( PHlglft ) ifj© 2 an embarrassing mistake

bone-shaker /'baunjeika(r); NAmE 'boun-/ noun [BrE, informal) 1 an old vehicle that is in bad condition |B 2 an old type of bicycle without rubber tyres ( |B

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bon fire /'bDnfai0(r); NAmE 'barn-/ noun a large outdoor fire for burning waste or as part of a celebration (

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Bonfire Night (also Guy Fawkes night) noun [U, C] the night of 5 November, when there is a tradition in Britain that people light bonfires and have fireworks to celebrate the failure of the plan in 1605 to destroy the parliament buildings with explosives HAA]^ ( 11 n 5 Btfm,               1605       MWT8

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bong /bDrj; NAmE bail]/ noun 1 the sound made by a large bell t A^A# $J )  : the bongs of Big Ben

A A # iHl    ^ 2 a long pipe for smoking cannabis

and other drugs, which passes the smoke through a container of water 49A 49 A bongo /'bDijgau; NAmE 'bairjgou/ [pi. -os) (also 'bongo drum) noun a small drum, usually one of a pair, that you play with your fingers        ( if] AAb 4fl A&4AA

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bon homie /'bnnami; NAmE ,ba:na'mi:/ noun [U] (from French, formal) a feeling of cheerful friendship

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bonk/bm]k; NAmE bairjk/ noun, verb m noun [BrE, informal) 1 [sing.] an act of having sex with sb 14 3c 2 [C] the act of hitting sb on the head or of hitting your head on sth (         )         ®4;    (

M ) Mih

verb [BrE, informal) 1 to have sex with sb ( fP#A ) 14 35: [VN] He’s been bonking one of his students.

—[also V] 2 [VN] to hit sb lightly on the head or to hit yourself by mistake ISA (

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doorway.               P«67-TAo

bonk-buster /'bnrjkbAStafc); NAmE 'bairjk-/ noun [BrE, informal) a type of popular novel in which there is a lot of sex or romantic love    W1#4h&

bonk ers /'bnrjkaz; NAmE ‘bairjkarz/ adj. [not before noun] [informal) completely crazy and silly ^£E; JS M i§ M: I’ll go bonkers if I have to wait any longer,

A,      T»rai see raving adv.

bon mot /,btm 'mau; NAmE ,ba:n 'mou/ noun [pi. bons mots /,bnn 'mou; NAmE ,ba:n 'mou/) (from French, formal) a funny and clever remark jdKn; AitfftiS' bonne femme l,bxm 'faem; NAmE ,ba:n/ adj. [after noun] (from French) used in the names of dishes which are cooked in a simple way (         A ) It#

fftj: salmon bonne femme MSMM bon net /'bDmt; NAmE 'bainat/ noun 1 a hat tied with strings under the chin, worn by babies and, especially in the past, by women ( f     ) Sll, IB A

2 (BrE) [NAmE hood) the metal part over the front of a vehicle, usually covering the engine (  ) '*=}|

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