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BIG-BONED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does big-boned mean?
• BIG-BONED (adjective)
The adjective BIG-BONED has 1 sense:
1. having a bone structure that is massive in contrast with the surrounding flesh
Familiarity information: BIG-BONED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a bone structure that is massive in contrast with the surrounding flesh
Similar:
robust (sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction)
Context examples
Looking round, the wayfarers saw a gaunt, big-boned man, with sunken cheeks and a sallow face, who had come up behind them.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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