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deboning

  • present participle of debone.

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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

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

In the early 1990s, Galiardi sold KFC a patented method for deboning thighs with a machine, resulting in the invention and great commercial success of popcorn chicken, Craig Cavallo wrote on the website Serious Eats.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2022

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

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