bone-dry

See also: bonedry and bone dry

English

Alternative forms

bone dry

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bone-dry (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Totally dry; without moisture.
Synonym: dry as a bone

Translations

totally dry

Bulgarian: екстремно сух (ekstremno suh), безводен (bg) (bezvoden)
Czech: suchý jako troud
Dutch: kurkdroog (nl), beendroog, gortdroog (nl)
Esperanto: sekega
Finnish: rutikuiva (fi)
French: please add this translation if you can
German: knochentrocken (de)
Greek: κατάξερος (el) (katáxeros)
Ancient: κατάξηρος (katáxēros)
Hungarian: csontszáraz (hu)
Irish: tirim sácráilte
Polish: suchy jak wiór
Spanish: más seco que el ojo de un tuerto
Swedish: snustorr (sv), torr som fnöske, peppartorr

Anagrams

dry bone, nerdboy

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