Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

deboned

  • past participle
    of debone.
    debone
    verb (used with object)
    to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone.
  • past tense form
    of debone.
    debone
    verb (used with object)
    to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone.

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

“A reasonable consumer would not think that BWW’s boneless wings were truly deboned chicken wings, reconstituted into some sort of Franken-wing,” Tharp said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

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 ● Mar. 27, 2023

Andrés oversees as cooks prepare the eel for it’s final flourish — deboned, sliced paper thin, dredged in three kinds of flour and then deep dried with cilantro.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2022

My wife loved the bronzino, served whole, deboned and butterflied.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022

“They’re butcher’s hands” offered Dario Cecchini, an eighth-generation butcher in Tuscany, where DiLiegro has deboned cattle pretty much every summer since 2016.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2022

More Suggestions