debone

American  

[dee-bohn] / diˈboʊn /

verb (used with object)

deboned, deboning

1. to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone.

   Before cooking, the chicken breasts should be deboned with a small, sharp knife.

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Other Word Forms

• deboner noun

Etymology

Origin of debone

First recorded in 1940–45; de- + bone

Example Sentences

Tip: Your fish should be cleaned and gutted but not deboned.

From Seattle Times

Served on skewers, the deboned, pressed and fried wings are glossed with a rich hot sauce and finished with a cube of blue cheese.

From Washington Post

Plaintiff Aimen Halim filed the suit on Friday in the Northern District of Illinois, contending that the restaurants’ boneless wings were not deboned wings but were instead 100% breast meat and akin to chicken nuggets.

From Washington Times

The complaint says that Mr. Halim believed, based on the name and description of the products, that he was receiving actual wings that had been deboned.

From New York Times

"The dish is often served with cotechino, a spicy pork sausage, and zampone, a deboned pig trotter stuffed with sausage meat."

From Salon