debone
verb (used with object)
deboning
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present participleof debone.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Police discovered the defendant had previously been employed as a "skilled butcher", and her work involved "deboning, and portioning out turkey carcasses using a large knife".
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
They have resorted to measures from deboning the bird to giving it a deep-tissue massage to stuffing a whole pineapple inside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
Panelo worked at Mutual Fish in the 1980s, one of many cutters filleting and deboning “smelt by the hundreds of pounds,” a fish not many other markets sold at that time.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
Use your chef’s knife for most kitchen work, from chopping onions and garlic to slicing carrots to slicing a roast to deboning a chicken.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
But the plants themselves became hot spots for the virus, as workers stood elbow to elbow chopping, deboning and packing meat and seafood.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022
