bone-dry

See also: bonedry and bone dry

English

Alternative forms

• bone dry

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bone-dry (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) totally dry; without moisture.

Synonyms

• dry as a bone

Translations

totally dry

• Bulgarian: екстремно сух (ekstremno suh), безводен (bg) (bezvoden)
• Czech: suchý jako troud
• Finnish: rutikuiva (fi)
• French: sec comme du brésil (fr), désséché
• German: knochentrocken (de)
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• Greek: κατάξερος (el) (katáxeros)

  Ancient: κατάξηρος (katáxēros)

• Hungarian: csontszáraz (hu)
• Swedish: peppartorr, snustorr (sv)

Anagrams

• dry bone, nerdboy