bone- root words — words with the bone- root

The root bone- comes from Old English ban, meaning bone. 14 words in Dendril are built from it, including banal, collarbone, jawbone, jawbones, jawboning, cheekbone, cheekbones, breastbone, breastbones, herringbone, lazybones, aitchbone. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the bone- root

Explore words with bone- — words containing the bone- root and sharing its sense of "bone". Examples include banal, collarbone, jawbone, jawbones, jawboning, cheekbone, cheekbones, breastbone, breastbones, herringbone, lazybones, aitchbone. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The bone- root means bone, from Old English ban. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.