nm. bone, hard structures which make up the skeleton; stone, pit

Bridge bone in the saddle of the guitar

(n.) = bone.
Ex: The large stores of inscription on bones or tortoise shells of the Yin and Shang dynasties unearthed by paleontologists are the seeds of the earliest ancient Chinese archives.
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* blanco hueso = off-white.
* calado hasta los huesos = drenched to the skin ; soaked to the skin ; wringing wet ; soaking wet ; wet through to the skin ; dripping wet ; sopping wet.
* cáncer de los huesos = bone cancer.
* carne + desprenderse del hueso = meat + fall off + the bone.
* color hueso = off-white.
* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony .
* cortar llegando al hueso = cut to + the bone.
* de carne y hueso = flesh-and-blood.
* desprenderse fácilmente del hueso = fall off + the bone.
* empapado hasta los huesos = drenched to the skin ; soaked to the skin ; wringing wet ; soaking wet ; wet through to the skin ; dripping wet ; sopping wet.
* en carne y hueso = in the flesh.
* estar calado hasta los huesos = be wet through (and through).
* fractura de hueso = broken bone.
* helado hasta la médula de los huesos = frozen to the bone ; frozen to the marrow (of the bones) ; chilled to the bone ; chilled to the marrow (of the bones).
* hueso calcáneo = heel bone ; calcaneus.
* hueso de la cadera = hipbone.
* hueso de la risa = funny bone.
* hueso del talón = heel bone.
* hueso duro = tough nut.
* hueso duro de roer = uphill struggle ; tough nut to crack ; hard nut to crack.
* hueso hioides = hyoid bone.
* hueso metatarsiano = metatarsal.
* hueso roto = broken bone.
* hueso temporal = temporal bone.
* lleno de huesos = bony .
* quitar el hueso = bone ; de-bone.
* salud de los huesos = bone health.
* ser un hueso duro de roer = be a tough cookie.
* ser un saco de huesos = be a bag of bones.
* sin hueso = boneless.

(n.) = pit ; stone.
Nota: De la fruta.
Ex: On Crete the locals eat them by the handful and spit out the pits like watermelon seeds.
Ex: Once you have removed the stones from fruits such as apricots and plums, you can turn the fruit halves inside out, then place them skin down on the tray.
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* hueso duro (de roer) = tough cookie.

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► noun anatomy. hueso
English equivalent: bone