debone

de- +‎ bone

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈbəʊn/

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debone (third-person singular simple present debones, present participle deboning, simple past and past participle deboned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To remove the bones from.

   I am deboning a fish.

   • 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian‎:

     Down it went on the counter, for patient bone removal that would last him a whole day. Frank had done an awful lot of deboning in his life

   Synonyms: bone, unbone

• bedone