bone-dry

1. 1.

   without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone

   “bone-dry leaves are a fire hazard”

   “a drier to get the clothes bone dry”

   Synonymsbone dry

   Similardry

Questions about bone-dry

What does bone-dry mean?

bone-dry means "without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone".

How many syllables are in bone-dry?

bone-dry has 3 syllables and divides as bo-ne--dry under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for bone-dry?

Close synonyms include bone dry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.