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BONE-DRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bone-dry mean?
• BONE-DRY (adjective)
The adjective BONE-DRY has 1 sense:
1. without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone
Familiarity information: BONE-DRY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone
Synonyms:
bone-dry; bone dry
Context example:
a drier to get the clothes bone dry
Similar:
dry (free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet)
Context examples
Underneath this bone-dry top layer lies a thin transition layer, then a hydrated layer, where water molecules likely stick to bits of soil and rock, called regolith.
(Meteoroid Strikes Eject Precious Water From Moon, NASA)
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