different between boxes vs bones

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: bäks?z, IPA^(key): /?b?ks?z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?ks?z/

Noun

boxes

1. plural of box

Verb

boxes

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of box

Catalan

Verb

boxes

1. second-person singular present indicative form of boxar

French

Noun

boxes m pl

1. plural of box

Verb

boxes

1. second-person singular present indicative of boxer
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of boxer

Portuguese

Noun

boxes m pl or f pl

1. plural of box, plural of boxe

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo?ses/, [?bo??.ses]

Noun

boxes m pl

1. plural of box

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??nz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bo?nz/

Noun

bones

1. plural of bone

Noun

bones

1. A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand, often made from bovine ribs.
2. (informal) The act of two fists meeting together in the manner equivalent to a high-five.
3. (plural only) The framework or foundation of something.
   • 2019, Maren Morris, The Bones

     The house don't fall when the bones are good.

Synonyms

• (fists meeting equivalent to a high-five): fist bump, props

Translations

Verb

bones

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bone

Anagrams

• Benos, Boens, Nobes, ebons

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?b?.n?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?b?.nes/
• Rhymes: -?nes

Adjective

bones

1. feminine plural of bo

Interjection

bones

1. Ellipsis of bones tardes (“good afternoon”)

Cornish

Alternative forms

• bos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?n?s/, /?b?n?z/

Verb

bones

1. to be

Conjugation

French

Adjective

bones

1. feminine plural of bon

Ladin

Adjective

bones f pl

1. feminine plural of bon

Middle English

Noun

bones

1. plural of bone