debone

[ dee-bohn ]

verb (used with object)

, de·boned, de·bon·ing.

1. to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone:

   Before cooking, the chicken breasts should be deboned with a small, sharp knife.

Other Words From

• de·boner noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of debone¹

First recorded in 1940–45; de- + bone

Example Sentences

Department of Labor filed a lawsuit on Saturday alleging the poultry processor and its affiliated companies illegally employed children under the age of 18 to debone raw meat with sharp knives.

From Los Angeles Times

Tip: Your fish should be cleaned and gutted but not deboned.

From Seattle Times

A Southern California poultry processor illegally employed children as young as 14 to debone meat with sharp knives and move pallets with power-driven lifts, the Labor Department said.

From Los Angeles Times

Served on skewers, the deboned, pressed and fried wings are glossed with a rich hot sauce and finished with a cube of blue cheese.

From Washington Post

Plaintiff Aimen Halim filed the suit on Friday in the Northern District of Illinois, contending that the restaurants’ boneless wings were not deboned wings but were instead 100% breast meat and akin to chicken nuggets.

From Washington Times