fish bone

collocation in English

meaningsoffishandbone

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fish
noun
uk
/fɪʃ/us
/fɪʃ/
an animal that lives in water, is covered with scales, and breathes by taking water in through its mouth, or the flesh of these animals eaten ...
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bone
noun[C or U]
uk
/bəʊn/us
/boʊn/
any of the hard parts inside a human or animal that make up ...
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(Definition offishandbonefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffish bone

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If thefishboneis blue, what is the white inner region?
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The second and the third lightest edges change and determine the color of thefishboneshape much more than the others under all conditions.
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An 18-month-old girl had afishbonestuck in her throat and had to have it removed by a physician.
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The purpose of this experiment was to find out which contour changes and determines the whole color of thefishboneshape much more than the others.
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Each stimulus was compared with six figures where the samefishboneshape, without adjacent contours, was homogeneously filled with the blue color of each contour.
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He sometimes substituted afishbonefor the ring.
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Experts in the field believe that this may, however, be justified in one exceptional case, namelyfishbonemeal as a protein replacement for calves.
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They madefishbonearrowheads to hunt for animals such as deer.
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It seems she has afishbonestuck in her throat.
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In 1982, she was rushed to hospital when afishbonebecame stuck in her throat, and had an operation to remove it.
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These cells are arranged in short fascicles which split and merge, giving the appearance offishboneknown as a herringbone pattern.
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