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The Dutch word for bone is
bot





bone

Dutch Definition


bone
     1. been
     2. bot, been

Translations for bone and their definitions

been ©
     1. n-n. (topics, Body parts) leg, limb of a person, horse (other animals' would have poten) and certain objects (again many have poten)
           De benen van een passer. - The legs of a pair of compasses.
     2. n-n. (mathematics) side, leg
           De benen van een hoek. - The sides of an angle.
     3. n-n. the upper part of a sock, above the ankle.
     4. n-n. (topics, Body parts) bone, constituent part of a skeleton.
           De archeologen vonden oude beenderen van een dinosaurus in de opgraving. - The archaeologists found ancient bones of a dinosaur in the excavation.
     5. n-n. (topics, Body parts) bone, the chalky material bones are made of.
     6. v. first-person singular present indicative of benen
     7. v. imperative of benen


bot ©
     1. adj. not sharp, blunt, dull
           De schaar is te bot om het papier goed te knippen. - The scissors are too blunt to cut the paper properly.
     2. adj. impolite, badly behaving: curt, blunt, rude
           Zijn opmerking was nogal bot en kwetste haar gevoelens. - His remark was quite impolite and hurt her feelings.
     3. n-n. (topics, Body parts)bone
           De dokter heeft vastgesteld dat hij een gebroken bot heeft. - The doctor has determined that he has a broken bone.
     4. n-m. flounder (a type of fish)
           Ik heb een heerlijke bot gevangen tijdens het vissen. - I caught a delicious flounder while fishing.
     5. n-f. (Belgium) boot
     6. n-m. A bot (software for repetitive minor tasks; computer-controlled character in video games).


knekel
     1. n-m. bone


graat
     1. n-f. fishbone


balein
     1. n-n. (type of material) baleen
     2. n-f. a whalebone; a baleen
     3. n-f. a spoke that reinforces an umbrella or parasol (in the past often made of baleen)


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