debone

[ dee-bohn ]

verb (used with object),de·boned, de·bon·ing.

to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone: Before cooking, the chicken breasts should be deboned with a small, sharp knife.

Origin of debone

¹

First recorded in 1940–45; de- + bone

Other words from debone

de·bon·er, noun

Words Nearby debone

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How to use debone in a sentence

Watching her expertly debone a chicken or bake a Tarte Tatin, often making mistakes along the way, made viewers feel that they too could create such dishes themselves.
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